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Utah Utes, BYU football: Utes, Cougars ranked among top 20 in preseason poll

Looks like BYU will be the underdog at Rice-Eccles in November.

Can't wait.

The Phil Steele Poll? Get real. Why not wait for the AP or USA Today poll to run this story.

Who's this guy? Utah ranked higher than byu? Utah ranked at all? What a joke

An 11 and 0 BYU team will DEFINITELY be the underdog when they go to visit the 8 and 3 Utes at L.E.N. Stadium!

Who is Phil Steele?

Never heard of him or his rankings.

As with all that was said about the earlier polls, these mean nothing.

Nobody told Phil about the great Bronco Mendenhall and his quote of the year "qwest for perfection." How could this be, Utes ranked ahead of BYU next year? BCS is what every cougar fan dreams of, something the Utes already accomplished. Could it be the year of the UTES returning to the BCS!!!!!!!

This will be great for the Utes...until two weeks into the season when they lose 5 in a row - it's the Whittingham way! Pre-season polls mean nothing.

Go Cougs!

Could you imagine a season in which both teams go into Rice Eccles undefeated?!

I know, too much to ask, but that would be incredible. And if they did, starting the year higher in the polls like this that would mean that by the time they get to November both teams would certainly be in the top ten, and the winner would be guaranteed a BCS bid!

That would be world class football right here in Utah!

And of course, they have that charity golf game between Utah and BYU coaches that goes back to Lavelle Edwards and Ron McBride. The loser in Golf has won in football since Mendenhall and Wittingham have taken over.

So that means that BYU wins in November and goes BCS hunting. And Utah whips some chump PAC10 team in Las Vegas.

Getting ahead of myself but this could be a great season if both teams play consistent and stay focused.

Of course, go BYU!

Let's see, a team that finished in the top 15 and returns 10 of 11 starters on offense should be ranked lower than a team that finished where? Please, Phil Steele shows his bias here. THere is no justifiable football reason to rank the Utes ahead of the Cougs. On paper the Utes are certainly not as strong as BYU. Oh yeah, and which team won the past two seasons in head to head competition and won the conference? Switch the two around and Phil may be on to something, but I wouldn't put the Utes in the top 25 of college football quite yet. Let's see how they do at Michigan first.

Phil Steele is an idiot. Ranking The yewts at all is stupidity let alone ahead of the Cougars. He took an over dose of his medication.
Go cougars!!!!

For a team that returns almost all of it's offense from a team that finished in the top 15 last year and BYU is ranked behind Utah? How many starters are Utah returning?

Anyways, that would be cool if the rankings hold up. It makes for a great finale for the Mountain West Conference championship. Too bad two ranked teams will be playing for the championship on The Mountain.

This ranking will last about 1 week (if that) when the U loses to Michigan and BYU beats a pansy team. Yeah, it's a pansy team but it's a win. Utah, however, will drop out of the top 25 and won't see it again for the rest of the season.

man has landed on the moon.

Who is this guy? Utah 14th? Does he watch football?

That doesn't even make sense since BYU beat Utah last season and were #1 in the conference

The Utes couldn't wipe the boots of the top 20 teams. Who is even coming back for Utah this year? BYU at least has their QB, best WR, best TE, best RB. Utah is due to get a dose of reality at Ann Arbor as well while BYU plays Washington and NE Iowa (not close). Look for BYU to win the MWC and Utah to be 3rd or 4th.

And how could LSU go from number 1 to number 14? Not much in this poll makes sense.

I love my Utes, but 14? Come on. Who's Phil Steele, anyway?

Riiiiiiight!!!

Love to see both Utah schools garner a little respect nationally. Hope it is that way come November.

How about a matchup with both the Cougs and the Utes undefeated and in the Top 10 battling for a place in a BCS bowl with combined victories over UCLA, Michigan, Washington, Boise, etc. The first two or three Saturdays of the season will be important for both squads. Would love to see the Utes go into the Big House and come away with a victory.

And what will be even sweeter is a Cougar win in RES that will burst the BCS dreams of the Kyle and the boys and propel the mighty Cougs back into national prominence.

All the best to both teams in the upcoming season!