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Why Utah Earning a Playoff Bid Would Be Great for College Football

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As if America didn’t have enough polarizing and divisive topics, here comes the latest one:

Utah.

As a state tucked away in the Mountain Time Zone, Utah doesn’t get a lot of pub. It is a picturesque place. Its flagship university is perfectly serviceable, albeit academically unremarkable (tied for No. 104 nationally in the U.S. News rankings). But now the flagship university’s football team is the latest thing threatening to tear the union asunder.

Should the Utes be in the College Football Playoff? And if they are in, will anyone be happy other than their own fans?