Utah Football Starts Strong In 2023 Preseason Coaches’ Poll

SALT LAKE CITY – The 2023 college football season is upon us, and Utah football is off to a good start with a strong position in the Preseason Coaches’ Poll.

Utah has fielded strong teams the past two season, winning the Pac-12 back-to-back in 2021 and 2022 while making consecutive Rose Bowl appearances. 2023 appears to be no different for the Utes who return much of the same roster that has helped them to achieve those heights.

Other coaches seem to agree the Utes are set up once again to be a force in college football and voted them at No. 14 in their preseason poll.

Coaches preseason poll

1 Georgia
2 Michigan
3 Alabama
4 Ohio State
5 LSU
6 USC
7 Penn State
8 Florida State
9 Clemson
10 Tennessee
11 Washington
12 Texas
13 Notre Dame
14 Utah
15 Oregon
16 TCU
17 Kansas State
18 Oregon State
19 Oklahoma
20 North Carolina
21 Wisconsin
22 Ole…

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 7, 2023

The Last ‘Hoorah’ For The Pac-12

Utah isn’t the only highly thought of team on the west coast. Four other teams from the now hacked apart Pac-12 made the Top-25, setting up what is sure to be an intense and chippy final season for the “Conference of Champions”.

USC and Washington slide in just above the Utes at No. 6 and No. 11. Oregon and Oregon State are just behind Utah at No. 15 and No. 18.

At Pac-12 Media Day in July, the Utes were picked to finish 3rd in 2023 behind USC who was voted 1st and Washington in 2nd place. Oregon got 4th and Oregon State 5th.

 

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2023 Preseason Coaches’ Poll Top-25

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Alabama
4. Ohio State
5. LSU
6. USC
7. Penn State
8. Florida State
9. Clemson
10. Tennessee
11. Washington
12. Texas
13. Notre Dame
14. UTAH
15. Oregon
16. TCU
17. Kansas State
18. Oregon State
19. Oklahoma
20. North Carolina
21. Wisconsin
22. Ole Miss
23. Tulane
24. Texas Tech
25. Texas A&M

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