Last season, ahead of facing Utah at home, Jedd Fisch noted that the Utes are the kind of program he’d like to emulate Arizona after. They were on their way to a 10-4 season and a Pac-12 title, and since joining the conference in 2011 have appeared in eight bowl games and won nine-plus games six times.
The current Utah team, sitting at 14th in the first College Football Playoff rankings, is 6-2 overall and 4-1 in Pac-12 play. It has also won five in a row over Arizona (3-5, 1-4) including 38-29 last November in Tucson.