We have lost 5 games total:
NW on 11/14 (whoops, our only ‘bad’ loss)
Miss St. on 11/28 but just LOOK at their strength of schedule. They’ve lost 8 games, but 5 have been to ranked opponents. If they make it into the tournament, nobody should be overlooking them. They are battle tested!
K St. (14)
Baylor (25)
TCU (11)
We desperately need a signature win, I guess we need to take care of OSU and WV when they come!
I think many of the voters are only paying attention to overall record and not the specifics and that’s why the Utes are stuck in ‘receiving votes’ purgatory.
Hopefully (if Utah finishes strong) the committee considers more details, including that all three Big12 losses you listed were when McQueen was out.