SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - The University of Utah football team has been picked number 12 in the college football preseason poll released by the Associated Press.
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The Utes ended their 2023 season with an 8-5 record and a loss to Northwestern in the Las Vegas Bowl. With the loss, Utah finished the season 2-4 in their final season as a member of the Pac-12. The Bulldogs received 46 first-place votes and 1,532 points in the Top 25 released Monday and the SEC powerhouse finished comfortably ahead of No. 2 Ohio State of the Big Ten.
Alabama, in its first season without coach Nick Saban since 2006, starts No. 5. No. 6 Mississippi gives the SEC half the top preseason top six.No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Michigan give the Big Ten four top-10 teams. Florida State from the ACC is No. 10.The defending national champion Wolverines said goodbye to coach Jim Harbaugh, quarterback J.J. McCarthy and 12 other players who were selected in April's NFL draft.
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