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BYU ranked 15 on AP, USA Today polls; Utah sits at 22, 23

BYU and Utah both inching closer to a Top 10/undefeated showdown November.

Oh yeah go utes

The Cougs and Utes can not and will not be ignored as long as they keep winning this season. This story will continue to grow and grow until Nov 22nd if each team does there part one week at a time. All the exposure and respect will take care of itself with w's

Way to go BYU and Utah. UCLA is looking good as well. Now that will be for an interesting game between them and BYU.

Go Cougs and Utes! Let's show the rest of the country that football in Utah is a force to be reckoned with. I'm looking forward to the showdown in November

Wow! BYU beats a cupcake at home and rises in the rankings! Maybe God really is on their side?

BYU wasn't the only nationally ranked team to play a cupcake, NIU actually looked better then Michigan, but I'm not taking away the great win though by Utah, it's just cool to see the top two teams in the state ranked. Maybe it will be a great end of the year game.

Geezer, you mean that Utah beat a cupcake on the road, and now is ranked?

78. Northern Iowa

is now ranked ahead of

79. New Mexico
83. Wyoming
92. Colorado State
108. San Diego State
121. UNLV

fortunately for Utah, they get UNLV at home this year.
Only

13. Utah
15. TCU
23. BYU
67. Air Force

are ranked ahead of NIU.

in Sagarin.

three of Utah's next four opponents are true cupcakes

121. UNLV
149. Utah State
166. Weber State

Geezer your a mess.. More than half the teams in the top 25 played cupcake teams, and alot of them moved up.. You need to think about what you say before you write it down.. You just made yourself look like an idiot..

Who does the comments in the article? Utah was every bit as sloppy as BYU, but nobody mentioned that. A fumble is only sloppy when it is caused by negligence and not all of BYU's fumbles were the result of carelessness. In any case, Kevin Craft was solely responsible for the UCLA interceptions but he is branded as a hero in overcoming them. What gives here?

That if both Utah and BYU go into november 22nd undefeated that abc will pick it up so it's not on the crappy mountain network. I will never forgive the mountain west for taking local football away from me.

The strength of computer polls, objectivity, is also their weakness. The computer polls crunch numbers and spit out a result based strictly on numbers. Michigan is obviously getting a huge boost in Sagarin because of their win over Flordia last season.

The strength of computer polls, is also their weakness, no subjectivity. Computer polls don't account for changes in personnel, Michigan lost most of their star offensive players from last season, changes in offensive and defensive schemes, injuries, and changes in coaching staffs.

All of those factors are weighed in the minds of human voters, which, although subjective, give a truer ranking of teams.

Come on Cougar fans....get a sports education. Stop trying to make NIU out to being a top 10 program. The fact is that you brought this cupcake in for your home opener to chalk up a win, you got the win now move on. Get ready for Washington & UCLA. Utah got their big win at the big house and it actually means something. Done have envy over this past weekend! As for Why the comments? | 1:29 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008, ummm......whoever made the comments pointed out what is reality, Utah won at the BIG HOUSE! Yes Utah looked sluggish in the 2nd half but they won at the BIG HOUSE! BYU won at home vs NIU, so what? They did what they were suppost to do and yes, they did look sloppy in the 2nd half. The huge differences are self evident here: Utah looked sloppy at Michigan and BYU at home vs NIU. That says it all. BYU best not be sloppy at Washington or at home vs UCLA, take this warning as you will Cougar fan. Utah will pummel UNLV this weekend and continue to climb the polls.

Is this another BYU fan's attempt to make NIU look like a better team then they actually are?

Come off it already, please. We get it. NIU played BYU tough in portions of the game. They're the best Division II-A school in the college football history. They'd slaughter Michigan and Utah. They'd probably slaughter both teams at the same time. Despite a tough loss to the Cougs, don't be surprised to see them in the BCS hunt. Georgia v. Northern Iowa anyone?

By the way, BYU fans and USC fan, Geezer is a BYU fan. He often frequents the BYU message boards in support of the Cougs. I'm sure his comment was only a joke. Relax and give him the benefit of the doubt. Is labeling someone an idiot really necessary?

So what happens if 12-0 BYU and 11-1 Utah both end up in the top 12 at the end of the year? Do they both get a BCS bid?

Love how all the Utah critics are now silenced after the beating they put on Michigan on the road!! All we heard before the game was how BYU was ranked and Utah wasn't. Utah proved that, despite 140 yards in penalties (a field and a half) and 3 turnovers, they still had enough to take out one of the most storied programs in the nation. The beautiful part about the sloppy victory is that all of the reasons the game was close (penalties, turnovers) can be corrected. Talent wise, strategy wise, ect...all went to the Utes. The stats tell the true story about the game...the longest scoring drive for Michigan was 35 yards....UTAH defense is going to be NIGHTMARISH for the rest of the season.

Go Utes....keep improving and getting better...and rising in the rankings. Can't wait to see this week's game....UNLV is on a collision course with a freight train!!!

I would say it's an attempt to bring a little reality check to Utah fans who are so blind that they've developed BCS conference fan-itis. NO team from a non-BCS conference could possibly be any good. NO team from 1-AA could possibly be any good.

If you accept the second premise as true, then, you have to accept the first premise as true.

In which case, just shut up about Utah and BYU being any good, because they couldn't possibly be any good compared to the teams in the mighty BCS conferences.

Only if it is true.

"All we heard before the game was how BYU was ranked and Utah wasn't."

ummm, could that be because BYU WAS ranked and Utah WASN'T?

Don't get too high and mighty. Utah will most likely crush last year's nemisis, UNLV.

The freight train they have to worry about may be a little bit farther down the tracks this year...

in Laramie.

or maybe a little closer,

in Colorado Springs.