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The Utes are now a top-three team in the nation, ranked at No. 3 in the AP Top 25 after a victory over Arizona State on Saturday night.
Moving up from No. 4, Utah trails only Ohio State and Baylor for the top spot. TCU and LSU round out the top five.
Despite a 6-0 record, the Utes remained at No. 7 in the latest Amway coaches poll for the third straight week.
The top six of the coaches poll remained the same: Ohio State, Baylor, TCU, Michigan State, LSU and Clemson.
Stanford and Cal are the only other Pac-12 teams ranked in both polls, with the Cardinal jumping five spots on both lists to No. 10 in the AP poll and No. 11 in the coaches poll after a drubbing of UCLA. The Golden Bears rose four spots to No. 19 in the coaches poll and three spots in the AP poll to No. 20.
Utah State was not ranked in either poll despite a convincing 52-26 win over Boise State on Friday night. The Aggies received seven votes in the AP poll.
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The AP Top 25
The Associated Press Top 25 poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Saturday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Rec Pts Pv
1. Ohio St. (28) 7-0 1,428 1
2. Baylor (12) 6-0 1,416 2
3. Utah (16) 6-0 1,362 4
4. TCU (3) 7-0 1,338 3
5. LSU (1) 6-0 1,306 6
6. Clemson (1) 6-0 1,252 5
7. Michigan St. 7-0 1,202 7
8. Alabama 6-1 1,133 10
9. Florida St. 6-0 1,041 11
10. Stanford 5-1 917 15
11. Notre Dame 6-1 898 14
12. Iowa 7-0 820 17
13. Florida 6-1 785 8
14. Oklahoma St. 6-0 735 16
15. Michigan 5-2 614 12
15. Texas A&M 5-1 614 9
17. Oklahoma 5-1 565 19
18. Memphis 6-0 554 NR
19. Toledo 6-0 346 22
20. California 5-1 337 23
21. Houston 6-0 318 24
22. Temple 6-0 217 NR
23. Duke 5-1 211 25
24. Mississippi 5-2 158 13
25. Pittsburgh 5-1 73 NR
Others receiving votes • Mississippi St. 63, BYU 21, UCLA 18, North Carolina 17, Texas Tech 14, Georgia 12, W. Kentucky 11, Arizona St. 10, Wisconsin 8, Utah St. 7, Northwestern 4.