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Utah Utes

Big 12Salt Lake City, UTRice-Eccles Stadium

2026: 6–⁠0 (3–⁠0 Big 12), No. 10 in the AP poll. Last: won at Colorado 27–⁠24. Next: Houston, Saturday, Oct 24.

  1. W 66–⁠14Idaho
  2. W 43–⁠10Arkansas
  3. W 33–⁠0Utah State
  4. W 31–⁠17at Iowa State
  5. W 41–⁠24Kansas
  6. W 27–⁠24at Colorado
  7. Oct 24Houston
  8. Oct 31at Cincinnati
  9. Nov 7BYU
  10. Nov 14at Arizona
  11. Nov 21at TCU
  12. Nov 27West Virginia
  • Outfitted by Under Armour

Utah in the news

Utah has played football since 1892 and is 712–⁠475–⁠31 in the 1,218 games on record here, which start in 1900. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 2, in 2008. They have won 10 Skyline Conference titles (the last in 1957), plus eight Rocky Mountain Conference titles, four Mountain West Conference titles, two Pac-12 titles, two Western Athletic Conference titles, counting shared titles. Since 1938, the NFL Draft has taken 116 players from here in its first seven rounds, 12 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took two players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 2 coaches from Utah. Kyle Whittingham (2004–⁠2025) won more games here than any other coach: 177. The most-played rival is Utah State: 115 meetings, Utah leads 81–⁠30–⁠4. This season, under Morgan Scalley, they’re 6–⁠0.

Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City
Rice-Eccles StadiumPhoto: Kuleralsen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From the numbers

  • Utah has won 12 straight, the longest active winning streak in FBS.
  • Utah is 6–⁠0 for the first time since 2015.
  • Utah is one of five FBS teams that have led at halftime of every game this season, with Nebraska, Ohio State, SMU and Virginia Tech.
  • Utah is one of six FBS teams that are unbeaten this season, with BYU, James Madison, Miami, Texas Tech and UCLA.

Computed from every game through Oct 18 and the score after every scoring play; a note appears only when few teams share it. All the numbers.

On this date in 2019No. 13 Utah beat No. 17 Arizona State 21–⁠3 at home.

Résumé

All-time record
735–⁠491–⁠31 official; 712–⁠475–⁠31 on file; how we count
Postseason
18–⁠9 matches the official bowl record
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 185 ranked
Elo now
1716 10th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 5 · Composite No. 10 in FBS, Oct 17; up 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2008 rated 1769
Conference titles
26 last in 2022
Seasons
125 since 1900, 1,218 games

Identity

Fight song
Utah Man
Mascot
Swoop
Student section
The MUSS

2026 season 6–⁠0

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsIdahoW 66–⁠1492%
Sep 12vsArkansasW 43–⁠1080%
Sep 19vsUtah StateW 33–⁠085%
Sep 26atIowa StateW 31–⁠1755%
Oct 10vsKansasW 41–⁠2483%
Oct 17atColoradoW 27–⁠2480%
Oct 24vsHoustonPreview68%
Oct 31atCincinnatiPreview69%
Nov 7vsBYUPreview57%
Nov 14atArizonaPreview51%
Nov 21atTCUPreview60%
Nov 27vsWest VirginiaPreview85%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Utah’s Elo through 2026: 1651 going into the opener, 1716 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 21 to unranked.1650167517001725Elo 1651 going in; beat Idaho 66–14; AP No. 21Elo 1656 going in; beat Arkansas 43–10; AP No. 20Elo 1668 going in; beat Utah State 33–0; AP No. 17Elo 1678 going in; beat Iowa State 31–17; AP No. 15Elo 1702 going in; beat Kansas 41–24; AP No. 12Elo 1710 going in; beat Colorado 27–24; AP No. 11Now: Elo 1716 after the latest game1716
212017151211·
IdahoArkansasUtah StateIowa StateKansasColoradoNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠33
202711 games: 7 home, 4 away
20282 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20292 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20301 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20311 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20321 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20331 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Utah’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of October 2, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookAll-time letterwinnersThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Utah.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Under Armour (Football from 2008; the deal ends after the 2026-27 athletic season.) · Sources disagree Under Armour through the 2026-27 athletic season (Deseret News, 2026-06-08); Utah’s own announcement puts Adidas from the 2027-28 school year, so the Adidas claim’s 2026 is a year early. Found by the Field Drip cross-check.
Mascot
Swoop · Official source
Student section
The MUSS · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Kevin McGiven · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Colton Swan · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Under Armour, 2008 through June 2027. Last extension reported at $65M. Ends after the 2026-27 school year.

  • Deseret News, Jun 8, 2026: Partnership ends after the 2026-27 school year

Next: Adidas, July 2027 through June 2034 (official). 7 years. Includes NIL opportunities through Adidas's NIL Ambassador Network.

  • Roundtable, Jun 24, 2026: Official, 7 years from July 1, 2027

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1900

Best seasons ever
Utah end-of-season Elo from 1900 to 2026, best in 2008 at 1769.130015001700190019001920194019601980200020202008 peak: Elo 1769
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Morgan Scalley2025–⁠20267–⁠0
Kyle Whittingham2004–⁠2025177–⁠88
Urban Meyer2003–⁠200422–⁠2
Ron McBride1990–⁠200288–⁠63
Jim Fassel1985–⁠198925–⁠33
Chuck Stobart1982–⁠198416–⁠17–⁠1
Wayne Howard1977–⁠198130–⁠24–⁠2
Tom Lovat1974–⁠19765–⁠28
Bill Meek1968–⁠197333–⁠31
Mike Giddings1966–⁠19679–⁠12
Ray Nagel1958–⁠196542–⁠39–⁠1
Jack Curtice1950–⁠195745–⁠32–⁠4
Ike Armstrong1925–⁠1949141–⁠55–⁠15
Thomas Fitzpatrick1919–⁠192423–⁠17–⁠3
Nelson Norgren1914–⁠191713–⁠11
Fred Bennion1910–⁠191316–⁠8–⁠3
Joseph Maddock1904–⁠190921–⁠10–⁠1
Harvey Holmes1900–⁠19030–⁠5–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesUTAH record
Utah State11581–⁠30–⁠4 ‡
BYU10362–⁠37–⁠4 ‡
Wyoming8351–⁠31–⁠1
Colorado State8056–⁠22–⁠2
Colorado7337–⁠33–⁠3
New Mexico5233–⁠17–⁠2
Arizona4926–⁠21–⁠2
Denver4328–⁠10–⁠5

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Arizona State.

Every opponent (105)

Every program Utah has played, A to Z, with Utah’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

26, counting shared titles
Pac-12 2
2021, 2022
Mountain West Conference 4
1999, 2003, 2004, 2008
Western Athletic Conference 2
1964, 1995
Skyline Conference 10
1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957
Rocky Mountain Conference 8
1922, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933
Pac-12 South 5
2015 (tied), 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 (tied)

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1892–⁠1909
  2. Mountain States Conference 1938–⁠1947
  3. Skyline Conference 1948–⁠1961
  4. Mountain West Conference 1999–⁠2010
  5. Pac-12 2011–⁠2023
  6. Big 12 since 2024
  • 1938Joined the Mountain States Conference from the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference. Source
  • 1962Joined the WAC from the Skyline Conference. Source
  • 1999Joined the Mountain West Conference from the WAC. Source
  • 2011Joined the Pac-12 from the Mountain West Conference, announced June 17, 2010. Source
  • 2024Joined the Big 12 from the Pac-12, announced August 4, 2023. Source

Utah’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2025Spencer Fano OTOutland
2019Kyle Whittingham coachBobby Dodd Award
2017Matt Gay KGroza
2016Mitch Wishnowsky PRay Guy
2015Tom Hackett PRay Guy
2014Nate Orchard OLBHendricks
2014Tom Hackett PRay Guy
2008Kyle Whittingham coachBear Bryant Award
2004Urban Meyer coachEddie Robinson

Consensus All-Americans 13

2025Spencer Fano OL
2023Jonah Elliss DL
2022Clark Phillips III DB
2021Devin Lloyd LB
2019Bradlee Anae DL
2017Matt Gay K
2016Mitch Wishnowsky P
2015Tom Hackett P
2014Tom Hackett P
2008Louie Sakoda K
2006Eric Weddle S
2002Jordan Gross OL
1994Luther Elliss DE

Led the nation 8

2021Britain Covey punt return yards (427 yds)
1990Bryan Rowley yards per catch (27.2)
1988Scott Mitchell passing yards (4,322 yds), total offense (4,299 yds), total offense per game (390.8)
1985Erroll Tucker punt return average (24.3), kickoff return average (29.1)
1982Carl Monroe kickoff return average (30.1)
1973Steve Odom kickoff return average (29.4)
1957Lee Grosscup passing yards (1,398 yds), passer rating (175.5)
1957Stuart Vaughan receptions (53 catches), receiving yards (756 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2004Alex Smith QB4th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
2
Coaches
2
2026Eric Weddle S
2025Urban Meyer coach here, 2003–⁠2004
2024Alex Smith QB
1957Ike Armstrong coach here, 1925–⁠1949

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
116 since 1938
First-round picks
12
AFL picks
2 1962–⁠63
2026Spencer Fano OTNo. 9, Cleveland Browns
2026Caleb Lomu OTNo. 28, New England Patriots
2023Dalton Kincaid TENo. 25, Buffalo Bills
2022Devin Lloyd ILBNo. 27, Jacksonville Jaguars
2017Garett Bolles OTNo. 20, Denver Broncos
2013Star Lotulelei DTNo. 14, Carolina Panthers
2005Alex Smith QBNo. 1, San Francisco 49ers
2003Jordan Gross OTNo. 8, Carolina Panthers

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Utah
Enrollment
36,894 28,064 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Salt Lake City, Utah
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1850
Graduates’ median earnings
$67,170 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @Utah_FootballInstagram @utahfootballFacebook UtahUtesFootball
Athletics department
X @utahathleticsInstagram @utahathleticsYouTube channel/UCOZJeIxFaGm9-czFb9t59PQ

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones utahutes.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20266–⁠03–⁠021Morgan Scalley171623.5
202511–⁠27–⁠214Kyle Whittingham, Morgan Scalley172622.2
20245–⁠73–⁠712Kyle Whittingham15167.7
20238–⁠55–⁠414Kyle Whittingham15838.5
202210–⁠47–⁠2710Kyle Whittingham169619.2
202110–⁠48–⁠12412Kyle Whittingham172315.2
20203–⁠23–⁠222Kyle Whittingham162411.9
201911–⁠38–⁠11416Kyle Whittingham166519.5
20189–⁠56–⁠3Kyle Whittingham163116.8
20177–⁠63–⁠6Kyle Whittingham159612.0
20169–⁠45–⁠423Kyle Whittingham164810.9
201510–⁠36–⁠317Kyle Whittingham167411.0
20149–⁠45–⁠421Kyle Whittingham16148.8
20135–⁠72–⁠7Kyle Whittingham148611.8
20125–⁠73–⁠6Kyle Whittingham14913.8
20118–⁠54–⁠5Kyle Whittingham16006.4
201010–⁠37–⁠1Kyle Whittingham164912.2
200910–⁠36–⁠21918Kyle Whittingham170815.1
200813–⁠08–⁠02Kyle Whittingham176918.2
20079–⁠45–⁠3Kyle Whittingham163811.9
20068–⁠55–⁠3Kyle Whittingham159512.0
20057–⁠54–⁠4Kyle Whittingham16357.2
200412–⁠07–⁠0204Urban Meyer, Kyle Whittingham176523.6
200310–⁠26–⁠121Urban Meyer164013.4
20025–⁠63–⁠4Ron McBride1515-5.4
Every season back to 1900 (100 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20018–⁠44–⁠3Ron McBride159412.8
20004–⁠73–⁠4Ron McBride1504-2.1
19999–⁠35–⁠2Ron McBride161214.5
19987–⁠45–⁠3Ron McBride15802.2
19976–⁠55–⁠3Ron McBride1534-0.6
19968–⁠46–⁠2Ron McBride15512.5
19957–⁠46–⁠2Ron McBride16258.5
199410–⁠26–⁠210Ron McBride164820.0
19937–⁠65–⁠3Ron McBride14980.8
19926–⁠64–⁠4Ron McBride14916.1
19917–⁠54–⁠4Ron McBride1476-3.2
19904–⁠72–⁠6Ron McBride1375-11.8
19894–⁠82–⁠6Jim Fassel1387-9.8
19886–⁠54–⁠4Jim Fassel1503-0.3
19875–⁠72–⁠6Jim Fassel1376-15.3
19862–⁠91–⁠7Jim Fassel1400-12.8
19858–⁠45–⁠3Jim Fassel15538.9
19846–⁠5–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1Chuck Stobart15488.1
19835–⁠64–⁠4Chuck Stobart15134.6
19825–⁠62–⁠4Chuck Stobart15417.8
19818–⁠2–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1Wayne Howard15855.0
19805–⁠5–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Wayne Howard14927.5
19796–⁠65–⁠2Wayne Howard14875.4
19788–⁠34–⁠2Wayne Howard14727.1
19773–⁠82–⁠5Wayne Howard1338-15.0
19763–⁠83–⁠3Tom Lovat1309-20.8
19751–⁠101–⁠4Tom Lovat1260-23.6
19741–⁠101–⁠5Tom Lovat1330-27.4
19737–⁠54–⁠2Bill Meek149811.6
19726–⁠55–⁠2Bill Meek1485-0.5
19713–⁠83–⁠4Bill Meek1415-3.1
19706–⁠44–⁠2Bill Meek15724.0
19698–⁠25–⁠1Bill Meek1605
19683–⁠72–⁠3Bill Meek1421
19674–⁠72–⁠3Mike Giddings1443
19665–⁠53–⁠2Mike Giddings1482
19653–⁠71–⁠3Ray Nagel1508
19649–⁠23–⁠1Ray Nagel1653
19634–⁠62–⁠2Ray Nagel1476
19624–⁠5–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1Ray Nagel1480
19616–⁠43–⁠3Ray Nagel1548
19607–⁠35–⁠1Ray Nagel1536
19595–⁠53–⁠2Ray Nagel1461
19584–⁠73–⁠3Ray Nagel1420
19576–⁠45–⁠1Jack Curtice1529
19565–⁠55–⁠1Jack Curtice1511
19556–⁠34–⁠1Jack Curtice1538
19544–⁠73–⁠3Jack Curtice1449
19538–⁠25–⁠0Jack Curtice1581
19526–⁠3–⁠15–⁠0Jack Curtice1549
19517–⁠44–⁠1Jack Curtice1476
19503–⁠4–⁠31–⁠2–⁠2Jack Curtice1417
19492–⁠7–⁠12–⁠3Ike Armstrong1434
19488–⁠1–⁠15–⁠0Ike Armstrong1640
19478–⁠1–⁠16–⁠0Ike Armstrong1580
19468–⁠34–⁠2Ike Armstrong1527
19454–⁠43–⁠2Ike Armstrong1466
19445–⁠2–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1Ike Armstrong1444
19430–⁠70–⁠2Ike Armstrong1334
19426–⁠35–⁠1Ike Armstrong1632
19416–⁠0–⁠24–⁠0–⁠2Ike Armstrong1668
19407–⁠25–⁠1Ike Armstrong1638
19396–⁠1–⁠24–⁠1–⁠1Ike Armstrong1639
19387–⁠1–⁠24–⁠0–⁠2Ike Armstrong1611
19375–⁠35–⁠2Ike Armstrong1568
19366–⁠35–⁠2Ike Armstrong1565
19354–⁠3–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1Ike Armstrong1596
19345–⁠34–⁠2Ike Armstrong1618
19335–⁠35–⁠1Ike Armstrong1614
19326–⁠1–⁠16–⁠0Ike Armstrong1709
19317–⁠26–⁠0Ike Armstrong1712
19308–⁠07–⁠0Ike Armstrong1747
19297–⁠06–⁠0Ike Armstrong1693
19285–⁠0–⁠24–⁠0–⁠1Ike Armstrong1618
19273–⁠3–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1Ike Armstrong1553
19267–⁠05–⁠0Ike Armstrong1669
19256–⁠25–⁠1Ike Armstrong1579
19243–⁠4–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1Thomas Fitzpatrick1491
19234–⁠32–⁠3Thomas Fitzpatrick1523
19227–⁠15–⁠0Thomas Fitzpatrick1557
19213–⁠2–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1Thomas Fitzpatrick1460
19201–⁠5–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1Thomas Fitzpatrick1405
19195–⁠24–⁠1Thomas Fitzpatrick1479
19172–⁠42–⁠3Nelson Norgren1392
19163–⁠22–⁠2Nelson Norgren1514
19155–⁠24–⁠2Nelson Norgren1513
19143–⁠32–⁠3Nelson Norgren1442
19132–⁠4–⁠11–⁠2Fred Bennion1445
19125–⁠1–⁠14–⁠1Fred Bennion1640
19115–⁠1–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1Fred Bennion1618
19104–⁠22–⁠2Fred Bennion1556
1909few games on file0–⁠1Joseph Maddock1508
19083–⁠2–⁠1Joseph Maddock1537
19076–⁠3Joseph Maddock1521
19064–⁠1Joseph Maddock1605
19056–⁠2Joseph Maddock1556
1904few games on file2–⁠1Joseph Maddock1477
1903few games on file0–⁠4Harvey Holmes1401
1902few games on file0–⁠0–⁠1Harvey Holmes1478
1900few games on file0–⁠1Harvey Holmes1468

Officially 735–⁠491–⁠31 since 1892 (per Wikipedia, checked Jan 26, 2026); game by game here, 712–⁠475–⁠31 (−23 wins, −16 losses). Our file starts in 1900; the program began in 1892. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1901, 1918: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.