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  • If BYU had beaten Arizona in 2008, would Utah have been elected no. 1 in the AP Poll?

    This seems to me the only logical explanation. A TCU blow out of Boise would have helped, though.

    (Not that I care; I'm satisfied with what happened, including Utes no. 1 in all the computer polls.)
    32
    yes
    12.50%
    4
    no
    87.50%
    28
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  • #2
    I don't think BYU's bowl factored into Utah's final ranking in anyway, nor would it have.
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    • #3
      I voted yes. Thank God BYU lost.

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      • #4
        Finally, a poll that makes sense.

        The answer is 7.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Blueintheface View Post
          Finally, a poll that makes sense.

          The answer is 7.
          This is an excellent point. The Utes were ranked 7 in the prior poll. They moved from 7 to no. 2 in the final AP poll. Has any team ever moved so far in the top ten between the final two polls? I bet not. Maybe they just had too much territory to cover to get to no. 1. On the other hand, the no. 1 team had a loss, Utah's win over Alabama in THE SUG was better than Florida's SEC championship win, and the Utes got a bunch of no. 1 votes. I have a hunch a strong BYU win over Arizona would have made the difference.

          Yet another good reason for Ute antipathy for BYU.
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          • #6
            BIF, can you get a straw poll from the Utefans twentysomethings? Thanks in advance.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
              This is an excellent point. The Utes were ranked 7 in the prior poll. They moved from 7 to no. 2 in the final AP poll. Has any team ever moved so far in the top ten between the final two polls? I bet not. Maybe they just had too much territory to cover to get to no. 1. On the other hand, the no. 1 team had a loss, Utah's win over Alabama in THE SUG was better than Florida's SEC championship win, and the Utes got a bunch of no. 1 votes. I have a hunch a strong BYU win over Arizona would have made the difference.

              Yet another good reason for Ute antipathy for BYU.
              You do have to search far back into history to find a team that moved so many places up in the final poll.

              One team matched Utah's 5 places, another went from 17 to 10.

              http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...m?appollid=972

              If you keep searching far back you will find a that same West Virginia team went from 11 to 5 in the final poll just 2 year previous.
              http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...m?appollid=940

              The U also did this 5 spot movement in the final poll,
              http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...?seasonid=2003

              What is the better program West Virginia or Utah?
              Last edited by HuskyFreeNorthwest; 12-14-2009, 11:04 AM.
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              • #8
                Those damn Cougars and their 5th priorities.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                  You do have to search far back into history to find a team that moved so many places up in the final poll.

                  One team matched Utah's 5 places, another went from 17 to 10.

                  http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...m?appollid=972

                  If you keep searching far back you will find a that same West Virginia team went from 11 to 5 in the final poll just 2 year previous.
                  http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...m?appollid=940

                  The U also did this 5 spot movement in the final poll,
                  http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...?seasonid=2003

                  What is the better program West Virginia or Utah?
                  It appears in that the final poll that Utah finished with 4 more votes than Appalachian State. yikes!
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                    You do have to search far back into history to find a team that moved so many places up in the final poll.

                    One team matched Utah's 5 places, another went from 17 to 10.

                    http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...m?appollid=972

                    If you keep searching far back you will find a that same West Virginia team went from 11 to 5 in the final poll just 2 year previous.
                    http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...m?appollid=940

                    The U also did this 5 spot movement in the final poll,
                    http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...?seasonid=2003

                    What is the better program West Virginia or Utah?
                    Five places WITHIN the top 10 and winding up in the top 5 (in Utah's case no. 2)?
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                      It appears in that the final poll that Utah finished with 4 more votes than Appalachian State. yikes!
                      As you know, I have no delusions about Utah's football history, or place in the football pantheon, unlike some here about their team.
                      When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                        Five places WITHIN the top 10 and winding up in the top 5 (in Utah's case no. 2)?
                        Your question never asked if any other team had moved to no. 2 from so far back. In my second link, WVU moves from outside the top 10 to no. 5 in the final rankings, had they been undefeated I can only imagine they would have been higher.

                        Which program is better West Virginia or Utah?
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                          As you know, I have no delusions about Utah's football history, or place in the football pantheon, unlike some here about their team.
                          I concur that you have always been fairly consistent in your willingness to recognize Utah's unimportance on the college football landscape.

                          I don't think people here give you enough credit for that.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                            You do have to search far back into history to find a team that moved so many places up in the final poll.

                            One team matched Utah's 5 places, another went from 17 to 10.

                            http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...m?appollid=972

                            If you keep searching far back you will find a that same West Virginia team went from 11 to 5 in the final poll just 2 year previous.
                            http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...m?appollid=940

                            The U also did this 5 spot movement in the final poll,
                            http://www.appollarchive.com/footbal...?seasonid=2003

                            What is the better program West Virginia or Utah?
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Mr Incredible View Post
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