AUG 06, 2015 5:24p ET
AUG 06, 2015 5:24p ET
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah is out to show it's not a one-year wonder.
The Utes opened preseason practice Thursday coming off a 9-4 season, a Top 25 ranking and their first winning Pac-12 record since joining the league in 2011.
Old perceptions of the program die hard, though. The media picked Utah fifth in the Pac-12 South again this season.
''Ever since we've basically been in the Pac-12, people have looked at Utah as the underdog,'' junior cornerback Brian Allen said.