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The state of Utah continues to make its presence felt inside the college football rankings thanks to a big home win and other the clock striking midnight for other teams.
A dominant victory over one of the hottest teams in the country helped Utah ascend into the top 20 of the Associated Press poll. With some help from a wild week
So it is that Utah won the game and kept hope alive for more playoff games ahead, games that will stay that way as long as the Utes win and a couple of other teams stumble. There’s even a possibility that they could face You-Know-Blue-Who in the Big 12 title game. Decent enough motivation. Weirder things have happened.
With UC dropping to 5-1 in the Big 12, BYU is the lone undefeated team. The Cougars will face Texas Tech in Lubbock next Saturday, Nov. 8. The Red Raiders are 5-1 in the league. Arizona State is now 5-2 in the league, while Utah goes to 4-2 in the league.
Here are five overreactions to the Cincinnati Bearcats losing at Utah to suffer their first loss in the Big 12,
Utah is No. 4 in the nation in rushing yards per game (267.1), and will face a Cincinnati defense that is allowing 141.5 yards per game (No. 65 in the country). While the Bearcats aren’t tops in the country against the run, they’ll be a much tougher test than Colorado.
On Tuesday, Ohio State University made an announcement for Saturday’s game involving former coach Urban Meyer, who works for Fox Sports and has been a mainstay at Buckeyes game since his retirement from coaching.
It seems like Miami's College Football Playoff hopes are done, but the Hurricanes still have a win over a top-10 team (Notre Dame) and dominated a pretty good South Florida team. The Notre Dame win kept Miami ahead of Texas and USC. Neither team holds a win that impressive, and they have flaws in their own right.
The Bearcats and Cougars square off Nov. 22 at Nippert Stadium, so there may be some powder blue scouts on hand at the game or to state their case on the GameDay set, which will have a brisk, early morning start at 7 a.m. Mountain time.