New post-spring CBS Sports top 25.

12th.  That is higher than I expected, hopefully we can live up to that.

I don’t even want the team to read into the hype. Focus on winning forget the noise. 

Perfectly positioned. If we take advantage we could be in the playoff.

This does put us in a position to compete for a position the CFP.  If we were to go undefeated, we would surely make the CFP unless the entire PAC 12 colapses.

Do I think we will be in the CFP? No, I do not.  I am only saying that it postions us nicely to compete.  

We have some nice players coming back; but appear to have some weaknesses  which I suspect will be exploited.  Without a strong offensive line, I beleive it is extremely unlikely that we can compete for a position in the CFP.  I hope to be pleasantly surprised by our line and that we find a kicker.  In the end – I suspect we will be a 9-3 or 10-2 team and ranked about where we are now.

Go Utes!!!

Two years ago we did not know Johnston would not work out and did not have a backup plan. This year we do know Johnston will not work out and have a chance for a backup plan. We got lucky two years ago, this time around we have more time to form a backup plan. I don’t expect to be as lucky, kicking may not be a team strength, but I do expect that we can find a replacement that will at least make kicking neutral for the most part relative to other Pac teams. I don’t expect to have a bottom quarter PK in the Pac.