Utah Football Ranked Among Top 15 In PFF’s Way-Too-Early Power Rankings

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah football is ranked in the top 15 in Pro Football Focus’ way-too-early power rankings.

PFF put out their way-too-early top 25 rankings on Wednesday using the PFF Elo system which is the base power metric for their NCAA simulation with allowances for recruiting rankings, returning players and market information.

The Utes are No. 15 on their power rankings and are the second-highest ranked school in the Pac-12 behind Oregon (No. 12). Four conference teams cracked the top 25 with Washington (No. 18) and USC (No. 24) joining the Utes and Ducks.

Utah is coming off of an 11-3 season in 2019 with a trip to the Pac-12 Championship game after winning the south division for the second straight season. They lost to Oregon in the title game as well as to Texas in the Alamo Bowl.

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Kyle Whittingham and his program lost nine starters on defense and their starting left tackle, quarterback and running back on offense. 12 players were either drafted or signed NFL contracts as priority free agents.

The 2020 Utah football recruiting class is the best class in school history.

Here is the entire way-to-early top 25 college football power ranking from Pro Football Focus:

1. Clemson
2. Ohio State
3. Alabama
4. LSU
5. Georgia
6. Florida
7. Oklahoma
8. Notre Dame
9. Penn State
10. Auburn
11. Michigan
12. Oregon
13. Wisconsin
14. Texas A&M
15. Utah
16. Texas
17. Iowa
18. Washington
19. Tennessee
20. Kentucky
21. Baylor
22. Minnesota
23. Memphis
24. USC
25. Mississippi State

Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASports. You can download and listen to the podcast, here.