The Utes moved up two spots in the final College Football Playoff Poll to No. 22. They have been ranked in every College Football Playoff Poll. The Pac-12 had four teams ranked: No. 6 Stanford, No. 15 Oregon, No. 22 Utah, and No. 25 USC. The CFP Committee ranked LSU and and Navy ahead of Utah, where the other two major polls had both behind Utah. Utah did not finish the season strong, but they still had a strong resume, with wins over No. 14 Michigan and No. 15 Oregon, who both finished with the same 9-3 records as Utah.