American college football season
The 2015 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by eleventh year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for the South Division title. Due to their head-to-head loss to USC, they did not represent the South Division in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated rival BYU.
Schedule[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:30 p.m. | Michigan* | | | FS1 | W 24–17 | 47,825 |
September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | Utah State* | No. 24 | | ESPN2 | W 24–14 | 46,011 |
September 19 | 8:30 p.m. | at Fresno State* | No. 21 | | CBSSN | W 45–24 | 33,675 |
September 26 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 13 Oregon | No. 18 | | FOX | W 62–20 | 57,145 |
October 10 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 23 California![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 5 | | ESPN | W 30–24 | 47,798 |
October 17 | 8:00 p.m. | Arizona State | No. 4 | - Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| ESPN | W 34–18 | 46,192 |
October 24 | 5:30 p.m. | at USC | No. 3 | | FOX | L 24–42 | 73,435 |
October 31 | 5:00 p.m. | Oregon State | No. 13 | - Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| P12N | W 27–12 | 45,853 |
November 7 | 5:30 p.m. | at Washington | No. 12 | | FOX | W 34–23 | 61,420 |
November 14 | 8:00 p.m. | at Arizona | No. 10 | | FS1 | L 30–37 2OT | 48,912 |
November 21 | 1:30 p.m. | UCLA | No. 13 | - Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Salt Lake City, UT
| FOX | L 9–17 | 46,230 |
November 28 | 12:30 p.m. | Colorado | No. 23 | | P12N | W 20–14 | 45,823 |
December 19 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. BYU* | No. 22 | | ABC | W 35–28 | 42,213 |
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Rankings[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | RV | 24 | 21 | 18 | 10 (1) | 5 (7) | 4 (16) | 3 (16) | 13 | 13 | 10 | 18 | RV | 21 | 20 | 17 |
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Coaches | RV | 25 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 14 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
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CFP | Not released | 12 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 24 | 22 | Not released |
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Game summaries[edit]
Michigan[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wolverines | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Utes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Utah State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Aggies | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
#24 Utes | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
At Fresno State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#21 Utes | 10 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 45 |
Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 24 |
At Oregon[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#18 Utes | 6 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 62 |
#13 Ducks | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
California[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#23 Golden Bears | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
#5 Utes | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
Arizona State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Sun Devils | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
#4 Utes | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 34 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#3 Utes | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Trojans | 7 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
Oregon State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Beavers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
#13 Utes | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
At Washington[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#13 Utes | 0 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
Huskies | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
At Arizona[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
#10 Utes | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
Wildcats | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 37 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bruins | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
#18 Utes | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Colorado[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Buffaloes | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Utes | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Las Vegas Bowl[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Cougars | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
#20 Utes | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
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