The Pac-12 South football race widened as 2018 began. This week’s upheaval in the division was both unsurprising, with quarterbacks Sam Darnold of USC and Josh Rosen of UCLA departing for the NFL, and stunning, with Rich Rodriguez being fired as Arizona’s coach.
What does it all mean for Utah? Undoubtedly, the Utes will be picked among the South’s top teams going into the season – again.
The Utes earned some distinction as the Pac-12′s only bowl winners of 2017. Yet their modest success with a 7-6 overall record came after they were picked to finish second in the official media poll and ended up fifth in the South with a 3-6 conference mark.