SALT LAKE CITY – The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season arrived Tuesday night, and for the first time in this new Big 12 era, both Utah and BYU opened inside the Top 25.

It’s a fitting storyline for a rivalry that now actually matters in the national picture every single week.

BYU landed at No. 7, while Utah checked in at No. 13 marking a shared return to the playoff conversation. Texas Tech, the only other Big 12 program in the ranking, landed one spot behind BYU at No. 8.

Those three rankings are incredibly significant for the Big 12, and improves the conference’s odds significantly towards earning multiple bids this season.

The Cougars are one of just four undefeated teams left in the Power Four, and now prepare to step onto its biggest stage in years this Sa

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