The University of Utah football team is now the highest ranked team in the Pac-12 after the Associated Press released their Top 25 Poll entering the second week of the college football season.
Coming off of an emotional win over their rival BYU, the Utes are turning their attention to Northern Illinois, a team that head coach Kyle Whittingham won't take lightly.
The University of Utah went down to Provo and beat the BYU Cougars for the ninth straight time and running back Zack Moss was a big reason why the Utes were victorious.
After the first week of the college football season, the University of Utah remains on top of the Pac-12 South Division in the power rankings following their 30-12 win on the road against BYU.
As a member of the BYU football team for two seasons, Francis Bernard's football career was in jeopardy. He is taking advantage of his second chance with a critical role with the Utah Utes.
It took the Utes two quarters to shake off the rust offensively, but in the second half, they turned it on to beat the BYU Cougars 30-12 for their ninth straight win in the rivalry.
The BYU Cougars tied the game 3-3 in the 2nd quarter of Thursday night's game with a 32-yard field goal after holding the Utes on fourth down on their previous possession.
During Thursday's ESPN College Gameday, college football analysts, Desmond Howard and Kirk Herbstreit picked BYU to beat Utah in this year's rivalry game.