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Utah Utes (@Utah_Football)
Kyle Whittingham (21th year) (178-88) #1
Record: 11 - 2 (7 - 2) | Proj: 11 - 1 (#) | SOS: (#52)
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Utah's 2025 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Sat 8/30	Utah at UCLA	-6.5	50.5	W 43 - 10	O	Y
Sat 9/6	Utah vs Cal Poly	-42.5	53.5	W 63 - 9	O	Y
Sat 9/13	Utah at Wyoming	-24.5	47.5	W 31 - 6	U	Y
Sat 9/20	Utah vs Texas Tech	-3.5	58.5	L 10 - 34	U	N
Sat 9/27	Utah at West Virginia	-13.5	46.5	W 48 - 14	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/11	Utah vs Arizona State	-9.5	44.5	W 42 - 10	O	Y
Sat 10/18	Utah at BYU	-4.0	49.5	L 21 - 24	U	N
Sat 10/25	Utah vs Colorado	-14.5	50.5	W 53 - 7	O	Y
Sat 11/1	Utah vs Cincinnati	-11.5	57.5	W 45 - 14	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/15	Utah at Baylor	-9.5	60.5	W 55 - 28	O	Y
Sat 11/22	Utah vs Kansas State	-18.5	52.5	W 51 - 47	O	N
Fri 11/28	Utah at Kansas	-10.5	59.5	W 31 - 21	U	N
Wed 12/31	Utah vs Nebraska	-13.5	51.5	W 44 - 22	O	Y

Record Prediction: 11 - 1 NR
Schedule Rating: #52
Future 2027 Schedule

Utah's 2025 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Sat 8/30	Utah at UCLA	-6.5	50.5	W 43 - 10	O	Y
Sat 9/6	Utah vs Cal Poly	-42.5	53.5	W 63 - 9	O	Y
Sat 9/13	Utah at Wyoming	-24.5	47.5	W 31 - 6	U	Y
Sat 9/20	Utah vs Texas Tech	-3.5	58.5	L 10 - 34	U	N
Sat 9/27	Utah at West Virginia	-13.5	46.5	W 48 - 14	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/11	Utah vs Arizona State	-9.5	44.5	W 42 - 10	O	Y
Sat 10/18	Utah at BYU	-4.0	49.5	L 21 - 24	U	N
Sat 10/25	Utah vs Colorado	-14.5	50.5	W 53 - 7	O	Y
Sat 11/1	Utah vs Cincinnati	-11.5	57.5	W 45 - 14	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/15	Utah at Baylor	-9.5	60.5	W 55 - 28	O	Y
Sat 11/22	Utah vs Kansas State	-18.5	52.5	W 51 - 47	O	N
Fri 11/28	Utah at Kansas	-10.5	59.5	W 31 - 21	U	N
Wed 12/31	Utah vs Nebraska	-13.5	51.5	W 44 - 22	O	Y

2024 Schedule Rating: #45
2025 Record: 11 - 2 (B12: 7 - 2)
Spread Record 9 - 4 - 0 | O/U 9 - 4

Opponents: Elite, Good, Avg, Bad, Poor

Reg Season Opponents: 2 Elite, 1 Good, 4 Avg, 4 Bad, 0 Poor

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Utah's 2024 Schedule
Thu 8/29	Utah vs Southern Utah	-37.5	55.5	W 49 - 0	U	Y
Sat 9/7	Utah vs Baylor	-14.5	52.5	W 23 - 12	U	N
Sat 9/14	Utah at Utah State	-20.5	43.5	W 38 - 21	O	N
Sat 9/21	Utah at Oklahoma State	-1.0	53.5	W 22 - 19	U	Y
Sat 9/28	Utah vs Arizona	-7.5	47.0	L 10 - 23	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Fri 10/11	Utah at Arizona State	-6.0	46.5	L 19 - 27	U	N
Sat 10/19	Utah vs TCU	-3.0	52.0	L 7 - 13	U	N
Sat 10/26	Utah at Houston	-4.5	36.0	L 14 - 17	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/9	Utah vs BYU	+3.5	40.5	L 21 - 22	O	Y
Sat 11/16	Utah at Colorado	+13.5	43.5	L 24 - 49	O	N
Sat 11/23	Utah vs Iowa State	+6.5	42.5	L 28 - 31	O	Y
Fri 11/29	Utah at UCF	+9.5	45.5	W 28 - 14	U	Y

Utah's 2023 Schedule
Thu 8/31	Utah vs Florida	-5.5	44.5	W 24 - 11	U	Y
Sat 9/9	Utah at Baylor	-7.0	46.5	W 20 - 13	U	N
Sat 9/16	Utah vs Weber State	-26.5	44.0	W 31 - 7	U	N
Sat 9/23	Utah vs UCLA	-3.0	50.5	W 14 - 7	U	Y
Fri 9/29	Utah at Oregon State	+4.0	43.0	L 7 - 21	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/14	Utah vs California	-9.0	42.5	W 34 - 14	O	Y
Sat 10/21	Utah at USC	+7.5	51.5	W 34 - 32	O	Y
Sat 10/28	Utah vs Oregon	+6.5	47.5	L 6 - 35	U	N
Sat 11/4	Utah vs Arizona State	-11.0	40.5	W 55 - 3	O	Y
Sat 11/11	Utah at Washington	+9.5	48.5	L 28 - 35	O	Y
Sat 11/18	Utah at Arizona	+2.5	45.5	L 18 - 42	O	N
Sat 11/25	Utah vs Colorado	-21.5	43.5	W 23 - 17	U	N
Sat 12/23	Utah vs Northwestern	-6.5	44.5	L 7 - 14	U	N

Utah's 2022 Schedule
Sat 9/3	Utah at Florida	-2.5	52.0	L 26 - 29	O	N
Sat 9/10	Utah vs Southern Utah	-45.5	58.5	W 73 - 7	O	Y
Sat 9/17	Utah vs San Diego State	-21.5	48.0	W 35 - 7	U	Y
Sat 9/24	Utah at Arizona State	-16.5	54.0	W 34 - 13	U	Y
Sat 10/1	Utah vs Oregon State	-10.5	54.0	W 42 - 16	O	Y
Sat 10/8	Utah at UCLA	-3.0	64.5	L 32 - 42	O	N
Sat 10/15	Utah vs USC	-3.5	65.0	W 43 - 42	O	N
	BYE WEEK
Thu 10/27	Utah at Washington State	-7.5	56.5	W 21 - 17	U	N
Sat 11/5	Utah vs Arizona	-17.5	67.5	W 45 - 20	U	Y
Sat 11/12	Utah vs Stanford	-23.5	54.0	W 42 - 7	U	Y
Sat 11/19	Utah at Oregon	-2.5	60.0	L 17 - 20	U	N
Sat 11/26	Utah at Colorado	-30.0	52.0	W 63 - 21	O	Y
Fri 12/2	Utah vs USC	+3.0	67.5	W 47 - 24	O	Y
Mon 1/2	Utah vs Penn State	+1.5	55.5	L 21 - 35	O	N

Utah's 2021 Schedule
Thu 9/2	Utah vs Weber State	-29.5	49.0	W 40 - 17	O	N
Sat 9/11	Utah at BYU	-7.0	50.0	L 17 - 26	U	N
Sat 9/18	Utah at San Diego State	-8.0	42.5	L 31 - 33	O	N
Sat 9/25	Utah vs Washington State	-15.0	53.5	W 24 - 13	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/9	Utah at USC	+3.0	52.5	W 42 - 26	O	Y
Sat 10/16	Utah vs Arizona State	-1.0	51.0	W 35 - 21	O	Y
Sat 10/23	Utah at Oregon State	-3.0	57.5	L 34 - 42	O	N
Sat 10/30	Utah vs UCLA	-6.0	60.5	W 44 - 24	O	Y
Fri 11/5	Utah at Stanford	-10.0	52.0	W 52 - 7	O	Y
Sat 11/13	Utah at Arizona	-24.0	54.5	W 38 - 29	O	N
Sat 11/20	Utah vs Oregon	-3.0	58.5	W 38 - 7	U	Y
Fri 11/26	Utah vs Colorado	-24.0	52.5	W 28 - 13	U	N
Fri 12/3	Utah vs Oregon	-3.0	57.5	W 38 - 10	U	Y
Sat 1/1	Utah vs Ohio State	+4.5	64.5	L 45 - 48	O	Y

2026 class: 227 points   #31
2025 class: 209 points   #34
2024 class: 189 points   #60
2023 class: 236 points   #19
2022 class: 207 points   #39

Average Class Ranking:   #37
Average Recruiting Points: 213

Four Year Crootin Profile
Improving Top 25 Contenders
4 Year Class: #40 - Best: #19 Worst: #60

CFB Crootin Averages
Big 12 Class: 202  #50
Power 4 Class: 226  #50
FBS Class: 189  #71

2021 class: 210 points   #41
2020 class: 216 points   #29
2019 class: 201 points   #41
2018 class: 210 points   #31
2017 class: 206 points   #32

Average Class Ranking:   #35
Average Recruiting Points: 208

Transfer Portal Classes
2025 Portal Class #37 - 22 players, 86 Avg
2025 Portal Class #37 - 22 players, 86 Avg
2024 Portal Class #32 - 12 players, 88 Avg
2023 Portal Class #44 - 8 players, 88 Avg

Transfer Portal Classes

Transfer Portal Classes
2022 Portal Class #55 - 4 players, 88 Avg
2021 Portal Class #41 - 19 players, 88 Avg
2020 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg
2019 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg

Offensive Coordinator Jason Beck (in his first season) #1

Player Name	COMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA
Devon Dampier (Tr)	212	334	64%	2490	24	5	7.5
Byrd Ficklin	21	35	60%	301	3	0	8.6

Player Name	CAR	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Wayshawn Parker (Tr)	149	981	6	6.6	64
Devon Dampier (Tr)	146	835	10	5.7	59
Byrd Ficklin	61	513	10	8.4	74
Steve Chavez-Soto	87	448	7	5.1	66

Player Name	REC	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Braden Pegan	60	925	5	15.4	54
Kyri Shoels	59	768	2	13.0	43
Larry Simmons (Tr)	15	280	6	18.7	48
Wayshawn Parker (Tr)	13	185	3	14.2	52

(Tr) - new transfer in 2026

Defensive Coordinator Morgan Scalley (been DC for 3 years) #1

Top Def	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Johnathan Hall	63	6	3	1	4
Jackson Bennee	62	4	1	2	5
Ethan Day	54	7	5	8	0
Elijah Reed	44	2	1	0	4

Sacks	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Ethan Day	54	7	5	8	0
Kash Dillon	32	5	4	1	0
Johnathan Hall	63	6	3	1	4
Elijah Elliss	18	3	2	0	0

Pass D	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Jackson Bennee	62	4	1	2	5
Johnathan Hall	63	6	3	1	4
Elijah Reed	44	2	1	0	4

Returning Production
Overall Returning Production: 67% #12
Offense Returning Production: 80% #1
Defense Returning Production: 54% #63
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Transfer Portal
2025 Portal Class #37
22 Commits, 86.4 Avg Rating
30% of 2025 Roster from Portal, 26% TY

Team Talent
2025 Talent Rating: 750.00 #66
Offense Talent #60 | Defense Talent #67
2025 #66 | 2024 #56 | 2023 #33 | 2022 #33

2025 - 2023 Records
2025 Record: 11 - 2
2025 Conf Record: 7 - 2
Spread: 9 - 4 - 0 | Totals: 9 - 4

2025 Record: 11 - 2
2025 Conf Record: 7 - 2
Spread: 9 - 4 - 0 | Totals: 9 - 4

2024 Record: 5 - 7
2024 Conf Record: 2 - 7
Spread: 5 - 7 - 0 | Totals: 4 - 8

2023 Record: 8 - 5
2023 Conf Record: 5 - 4
Spread: 6 - 6 - 1 | Totals: 5 - 8

Four Year Record: 35 - 16
Four Year Record vs. Spread: 29 - 21 - 1
Four Year Conference Record: 21 - 15

2022 - 2019 Records
2022 Record: 10 - 4
2022 Conf Record: 8 - 2
Spread: 8 - 6 - 0 | Totals: 8 - 6

2021 Record: 10 - 4
2021 Conf Record: 9 - 1
Spread: 7 - 7 - 0 | Totals: 9 - 5

2020 Record: 3 - 2
2020 Conf Record: 3 - 2
Spread: 3 - 2 - 0 | Totals: 3 - 2

2019 Record: 11 - 3
2019 Conf Record: 8 - 2
Spread: 9 - 5 - 0 | Totals: 4 - 10

Eight Year Record: 69 - 29
Eight Year Record vs. Spread: 56 - 41 - 1
Eight Year Conference Record: 54 - 22

Utah Recent Bowl History
Date	Bowl	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
2025	Vegas Bowl	Utah vs Nebraska	-13.5	51.5	W 44 - 22
2023	Vegas Bowl	Utah vs Northwestern	-6.5	44.5	L 7 - 14
2022	Rose Bowl	Utah vs Penn State	+1.5	55.5	L 21 - 35
2021	Rose Bowl	Utah vs Ohio State	+4.5	64.5	L 45 - 48
2019	N/A	Utah vs Texas	-7.5	57.0	L 10 - 38
2018	N/A	Utah vs Northwestern	-7.0	43.0	L 20 - 31
2017	Dallas Bowl	Utah vs West Virginia	-6.5	56.0	W 30 - 14
2016	Farms Bowl	Utah vs Indiana	-6.5	54.0	W 26 - 24
2015	Vegas Bowl	Utah vs BYU	-3.0		W 35 - 28

Power Ranking Stats (2025)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Expl	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Expl	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2025	.36 (3)	1.27 (52)	49% (8)	5.01 (2)	28.7 (78)	53%	64%	.07 (23)	1.34 (116)	38% (28)	2.93 (16)	26.4 (10)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Expl	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Expl	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2024	.08 (120)	1.3 (55)	37% (125)	3.4 (111)	30.7 (32)	33%	45%	.05 (7)	1.34 (104)	35% (4)	3.13 (15)	27.9 (38)

More Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2025	13	30:47	25.5	53%	64%	5.9	48	0.9	1.4	6.3	2.6	4

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2024	12	32:06	16.6	33%	45%	5.4	46.3	1.8	1.5	6.4	1.9	4

Overall Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2025 Offense	13	41.3	44	38.2	49.1% (8)	5.01 (2)	0.9	25	483	267	217	6.1	56% (25)	44% (105)	51% (5)	47% (23)	12% (18)	.36 (3)
2025 Defense	13	18.9	20.2	17.2	38.4% (28)	2.93 (16)	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	51% (80)	47% (49)	43% (79)	33% (8)	17% (42)	.07 (23)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2024 Offense	12	23.6	23	24.2	36.7% (125)	3.4 (111)	1.8	17	330	130	199	3.9	49% (76)	51% (58)	38% (116)	35% (119)	19% (120)	.08 (120)
2024 Defense	12	20.7	16.8	24.5	35.3% (4)	3.13 (15)	1.5	-	-	-	-	-	48% (41)	51% (92)	37% (10)	34% (6)	20% (12)	.05 (7)

Run Game Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2025 Offense	13	56% (25)	51% (5)	44.1	266.5	6.1	41 (11)	.35 (2)	3.55 (2)	82% (6)	7% (17)	1.1 (18)
2025 Defense	13	51% (80)	43% (79)	-	-	-	-	.18 (115)	2.87 (65)	73% (80)	10% (57)	1.11 (126)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2024 Offense	12	49% (76)	38% (116)	33.6	130.4	3.9	7 (131)	(123)	2.73 (114)	66% (113)	12% (117)	0.88 (111)
2024 Defense	12	48% (41)	37% (10)	-	-	-	-	.04 (25)	2.53 (9)	64% (22)	12% (34)	1.07 (105)

Pass Game Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2025 Offense	13	44% (105)	47% (23)	18	28.7	216.6	7.6	12	27 (33)	5 (34)	.38 (30)	1.5 (83)	28% (22)	41% (3)	.65 (2)	5% (39)	2.1 (56)
2025 Defense	13	47% (49)	33% (8)	-	-	-	-	-	-	15 (38)	.01 (4)	1.7 (118)	33% (47)	25% (18)	.1 (6)	7% (22)	2.1 (111)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2024 Offense	12	51% (58)	35% (119)	16.6	29.8	199.4	6.7	12	20 (58)	17 (127)	.16 (106)	1.7 (23)	36% (127)	24% (127)	.2 (110)	7% (107)	2.2 (22)
2024 Defense	12	51% (92)	34% (6)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12 (39)	.09 (15)	1.6 (74)	37% (4)	25% (8)	.09 (1)	8% (4)	2 (59)

Injury Notes
(10/29) QB Devon Dampier will play vs Cincy ❌

Staff/Schedule Notes
(4/15) New OC Beck (NM) big improvement. Fun Off? ❌
(3/20) DC Scalley named HC in waiting. Whit retiring? ❌

Overall

Team Info

Power #19SP+ #8

Record Prediction: 11 - 1 NR

Coaching staff Rank #1

Record

11 - 2
B12 7 - 2

Vs Spread9 - 4 - 0Totals9 - 4

One Score Games '25: (1-1)(0-0 under K.W.)

5 Year Profile

Consistent Top 25 Contenders

'26 Profile

Up to Title Contenders

Performance #18

Special Teams #27

Returning Production

From 2025

0% #1

25 QB Isaac Wilson returns (New OC)

Offense 80% #1

Defense 54% #63

Returning Starters: (Off: ) - (Def: )

Proj Portal Starters: (Off: ) - (Def: )

Exp'd Depth: (Off: ) - (Def: )

OL Prod: 96% #25 starters, 1 exp'd depth

OL Snaps: 3,751 #28From Portal: 0 #100

Rush Prod: 100% #1

Rec Prod: 61% #47

Front Seven: 53% #62

Secondary: 55% #69

Roster

Talent Info

Talent #66

Blue Chips (13%) #36

Offense Talent #60

Defense Talent #67

Portal Class #3722 players (86 Avg)

Crootin '26 Class #314 YR Class Rating #40

Talent Profile

Improving Top 25 Contenders

30% of Roster from Portal, 26% TY

83% of '26 Roster are New (Fr + Portals)

(OC) Jason Beck 1

(DC) Morgan Scalley 3

2025 Schedule

Information

SOS #52

Utah plays 4 opps off a byeCP & ASU & COLO & BAY

OppsElite: , Good: , Avg: , Bad: , Poor:

2025 Record: 11 - 2 (9 - 4 - 0) (B12: 7 - 2)

2024 Record: 5 - 7 (5 - 7 - 0) (B12: 2 - 7)

Win History

Past 5 years 8.6

Avg under Kyle W 8.43

4 Yr Record (35 - 16)

8 Yr Record (69 - 29)

Notes

Live Team Notes

QB Devon Dampier will play vs Cincy

QB Byrd Ficklin (Fr) ran wild on Col, pass meh

Killed by T Tech, Off awful, Dampier worse. Ugly

Is Off any good or feasted on cupcakes early?

RBs Parker (WSU) good, leads 4 portal adds

WR rebuild. Top 2 from NM LY, 6 portal adds

LB L Damuni has 4 years starting exp, hurt LY

OL returns all 5 starters, top 5 unit in CFB

QB Dampier (NM) full control of OC Beck's Off

QB Dampier forced 54 missed tackles LY

Roster Experience

Snaps & Starter Info

Snaps Returning

0 (0%) #1

%of Snaps by Upperclass

Offense: 0 #1

Defense: 0 #1

Players with Starting Exp () on Off, on Def

Upperclass

Starters 0 of 22 (0%)2-Deep 0 of 44 (0%)

Senior/Gr starters: 0 (0%) (Off: 0, Def: 0)

Upperclass Two-Deep: 0 of 44 (0%)

Upperclass on Roster: 34.2%(41 of 120)

Portals

Top '25 Incoming Portals

Wayshawn Parker (RB)4★ (.91)

Blake Cotton (CB)3★ (.88)

Ryan Davis (WR)3★ (.88)

Larry Simmons (WR)3★ (.88)

Creed Whittemore (WR)3★ (.88)

Devon Dampier (QB)3★ (.87)

JC Hart (CB)3★ (.87)

Tobias Merriweather (WR)3★ (.87)

Top Players

Top Performers on Roster

Top Players N/A Before 2025

Recruits

Top '25 Incoming Recruits

Cyrus Polu (LB)4★ (.89)

Raycine Guillory (RB)3★ (.89)

Christian Thatcher (LB)3★ (.89)

JJ Buchanan (ATH)3★ (.88)

Karson Kaufusi (DL)3★ (.88)

Jason Stokes Jr. (CB)3★ (.88)

Deon Mays (CB)3★ (.88)

Wyatt Becker (QB)3★ (.88)

Overall

Four Year Ratings Profile

Offense

Four Year Ratings Profile

Defense

Four Year Ratings Profile