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One of the surprises from the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season, which were released Tuesday night, was that Utah came in at No. 13.

That’s up four spots from where Kyle Whittingham’s squad is currently sitting in the latest Associated Press top 25 rankings .

Utah (7-2, 4-2 Big 12) is one of three Big 12 teams in the first edition of the CFP rankings , with BYU at No. 7 and Texas Tech at No. 8.

The Utes’ two losses this season came to the Cougars (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) and Red Raiders (8-1, 5-1 Big 12), who will face each other this Saturday at 10 a.m. MST in Lubbock, Texas, a game that will be televised on ABC and ha

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