Utah is widely viewed as the Pac-12′s greatest hope to crack the College Football Playoff for the first time since Washington was outclassed by Alabama in a CFP semifinal in the 2016 Peach Bowl.
Based on early bowl projections, the projected depth chart, what the rest of the conference looks like, and maybe common sense as well, the perceived floor for this Utah team is to win the Pac-12 championship game again and get back to the Rose Bowl.
“The sky’s the limit and we just need to take it one week at a time and hopefully, we’ll end up in the CFP. I think we have the guys in the locker room to do it, and we have coaches that are going to make sure we’re prepared.” Whittingham’s veteran-heavy, talent-laden 2019 team absorbed an early loss at USC, then won eight straight to get to No. 5 in the CFP rankings. The 11-1 Utes needed a win over Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game, then a Georgia loss to LSU in the SEC championship the next afternoon to get to the CFP. The next afternoon didn’t matter after the Ducks registered a blowout win at Levi’s Stadium, relegating Utah to the Alamo Bowl.
If Utah loses to Florida, the Utes’ chances become much slimmer. At minimum, it would require going unbeaten against the conference, something no team has done since Oregon in 2010, when it was still the Pac-10 with Utah and Colorado still a year away from joining.
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