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2026 season

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2026 preseason report

Historical preseason snapshot from 2026-07-29, including roster context and illustrative season projections. This is not a live injury feed.

What every system says

Utah's rank in each system (1 = best). Middle rank 10 across 8 systems; best 9, worst 12, so they disagree by 3 places.

Lab EPA
#12
Through week 82026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.
Lab SRS
#10
up 12026 · 138 FBS roster teams, including prior-only teams · Through week 8 · built 2026-10-30T11:17:06.745613+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.
SP+
#10
no change2026 · 138 published SP+ teams · Provider week 9 · captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Published provider ranks; tie handling is not documented in this snapshot.
Elo
#10
down 12026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8 · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
FPI
#10
up 32026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Event cutoff not supplied · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
CORE
#9
up 10 · Through week 8 · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:002026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8 · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
CFBD SRS
#9
up 12026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Event cutoff not supplied · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
WEPA
#12
up 22026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Event cutoff not supplied · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
Compare every team

FPI context

ESPN FPI via CFBD · 2026

Résumé and schedule

Results earned and schedule difficulty

Strength of record
#6 of 138
Schedule strength
#89 of 138
Remaining schedule strength
#37 of 138
Game control
#9 of 138

Unit efficiency

Performance by unit

Overall
#9 of 138
Offense
#13 of 138
Defense
#28 of 138
Special teams
#74 of 138

Ranks calculated among rated FBS teams; ties share rank. #1 means strongest résumé, hardest schedule, best game control or highest efficiency. These are separate measures, not a combined forecast. Captured Oct 30, 2026, 06:02:01 CDT. FPI supplies no results-through week; capture time records when we received it.

Why the ratings disagree

Utah · 2026. Each system answers a different question. The cards show each source's rank (published or computed here) and coverage, so a rank gap can also reflect which teams have data.

Record

7-0 wins–losses

No rank assigned

Results earned. Wins and losses do not account for opponent strength or victory margin.

2026, provider Week 9; captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00

SP+ workbook record

Descriptive EPA

0.163 net EPA/play

#12

2026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.

Observed per-play efficiency after opponent adjustment. FBS-vs-FBS plays; no preseason strength prior. Sparse schedules can produce sharp early movement.

2026, through CFBD Week 8; opponent adjusted ridge

Lab EPA from CFBD plays

Local predictive SRS

13.12 points

#10 · Up 1 place since the previous CFBD cutoff

2026 · 138 FBS roster teams, including prior-only teams · Through week 8 · built 2026-10-30T11:17:06.745613+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.

This season's 7 games, with recent games counting a bit more: average margin +18.37 (with blowouts capped at 35 points and overtime games counted as a 1-point result, then 2.5 points of home field removed) against opponents averaging -3.49, schedule #78 of 138 (#1 = toughest); 1 FCS opponent counts at −25; FBS opponents alone average -0.43. That is worth +14.88 on its own; the preseason prior of +7.75 still carries 25% of the weight, giving +13.12.

How each game enters this SRS rating

Utah · 2026, through CFBD Week 8. Margins are team minus opponent. The fit caps margins and treats overtime as a one-point result before adjusting for venue. Recent games carry more weight; the fit share includes the preseason prior in its denominator.

GameRaw margin → transformedVenue adjustmentRecency weightFit shareOpponent ratingMargin termOpponent termTotal term
Week 1 · Idaho
home · 2026-09-04 · ID 401856768
+52.00 → +35.00-2.500.76379.40%-25.00 (fixed lower division)3.054-2.3490.705
Week 2 · Arkansas
home · 2026-09-13 · ID 401856670
+33.00 → +33.00-2.500.79379.77%-2.102.978-0.2052.773
Week 3 · Utah State
home · 2026-09-19 · ID 401856801
+33.00 → +33.00-2.500.824910.15%-7.323.095-0.7432.352
Week 4 · Iowa State
away · 2026-09-26 · ID 401856816
+14.00 → +14.00+2.500.857210.55%+0.541.7400.0571.797
Week 6 · Kansas
home · 2026-10-11 · ID 401856827
+17.00 → +17.00-2.500.925911.39%+1.011.6520.1161.767
Week 7 · Colorado
away · 2026-10-18 · ID 401856833
+3.00 → +3.00+2.500.962211.84%-6.210.651-0.735-0.084
Week 8 · Houston
home · 2026-10-25 · ID 401856837
+8.00 → +8.00-2.501.000012.30%+9.980.6771.2281.905

Game terms +11.22 points; prior term +1.91 points. Their unrounded sum is the fitted rating +13.12 points. The preseason prior is +7.75 with 24.61% of the fit weight. Displayed values are rounded; the producer checks the unrounded identity within 0.00000001 points.

These are additive terms of the current fit, not the effect of removing a game. Opponent ratings already reflect the connected schedule. Lower-division opponents use the fixed anchor, not an individually fitted rating. The rating's model-based 95% band is ±9.2 points; this decomposition does not reduce uncertainty or assign causal effects.

Download fitted terms and source hashes

Estimated strength from schedule-adjusted scoring margins, margin caps, home-field adjustment and recency weighting. Half of prior-season strength, including postseason, carries forward with two games of weight. SRS includes FCS opponents under a fixed strength assumption. 7 current games; prior available.

2026, through CFBD Week 8; generated 2026-10-30T11:17:06.745613+00:00

Lab SRS from CFBD scores

External SP+

18.0 SP+ points

#10 · Rank unchanged

2026 · 138 published SP+ teams · Provider week 9 · captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Published provider ranks; tie handling is not documented in this snapshot.

Bill Connelly's published predictive strength estimate. Its method and scale differ from local SRS.

2026, provider Week 9; captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00

Bill Connelly SP+ workbook

External CORE

20.37 net points per 100 offensive + 100 defensive plays

#9 of 138 by overall (ranked here; CORE publishes no rank)

2026 · 138 rated FBS teams in this CORE board · 2026, through regular Week 8; model core-v1; captured 2026-10-30T11:02:06.855798+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.

CFBD's context- and opponent-relative efficiency. Offense is higher-better; defense is points allowed above average, so lower is better; overall is offense minus defense. It counts only pass and rush plays from FBS-vs-FBS games, with no special teams, overtime or garbage time; early-week values are pulled toward average but are still uncertain, and it is not a résumé ranking. Its scale is not comparable to EPA, SRS or SP+. Offense 12.20 on 366 plays; defense -8.17 on 322 plays.

2026, through regular Week 8; model core-v1; captured 2026-10-30T11:02:06.855798+00:00

CFBD CORE ratingCORE board: offense vs defense

EPA ranks Utah 2 places lower than local SRS at the matched cutoff. This identifies a disagreement; it does not isolate its cause. SP+ movement compares provider weeks 8 and 9. Provider weeks may differ from CFBD weeks, so no cross-provider rank gap is calculated. CORE reports its own inclusive cutoff and is shown beside these systems for comparison only; it is an external research rating and is never blended into the lab's opponent-adjusted EPA, local SRS or any pick.

Team ratings and rank gaps are not matchup spreads or win probabilities. Matchup context and a calibrated forecast mapping are required. Do not average EPA, SRS, SP+ and CORE values across their different scales.

Read local SRS assumptions and forecast evidence

Program context

2026 · CFBD records, polls, recruiting, coaches
Record
7-0 · conf 4-0 · home 5-0 · away 2-0 · expected wins 6.2
Polls (Week 9)
AP Top 25 #6 · Coaches Poll #5
CFP latest
not published
CFP final
not published
Against the spread
2026: 6-1 ATS (+5.4 avg) · 2025: 9-4 ATS (+8.5 avg)
Head coach
Morgan Scalley · hired 2025-12-13 · 1-0 over 2 captured seasons
Recruiting classes
2024 #59 (185 pts) · 2025 #40 (208 pts) · 2026 #27 (227 pts)
Returning
68% of production · 72% of usage
Passing, receiving and rushing detail
CategoryProductionUsage
Passing97%99%
Receiving29%33%
Rushing83%77%

Shares of prior-season PPA and usage returning in each category. Missing values are unavailable.

Provider values from CFBD captures dated 2026-09-22, 2026-10-30. head coach for the season; tenure counts cover only the captured seasons, hire date is the provider's. Returning usage carries no signal beyond returning production in this repo's research; neither is a model input.

Recruiting by position group

2023–2026 classes · High school · CFBD · captured 2026-10-30 UTC

Position groupCommitsAvg. starsAvg. ratingTotal rating
Defensive Back163.130.872313.96
Defensive Line103.000.86588.66
Linebacker93.110.87067.84
Offensive Line133.380.884111.49
Quarterback63.170.87895.27
Receiver113.090.86749.54
Running Back53.200.88674.43
Special Teams73.290.88486.19

Recruiting class aggregates, not current roster strength. Commits count recruits across the window; total rating also reflects class size. JUCO, prep-school and transfer ratings are excluded. These values do not enter the prediction model.

Player efficiency and usage

2026 · observed 2026-10-30 UTC

Passing and rushing WEPA adjust efficiency for opponents. Kicker PAAR measures points added above replacement. Higher is better within each metric. Metric rows are ordered by sample size, followed by usage-only players. Usage is the share of team plays involving the player within each category; categories overlap and should not be added. CFBD definitions

Player / historyMetricValuePlays / attemptsOverall usageUsage detailRecruiting
Devon Dampier · QB

CFBD athlete 5105849. New Mexico (2023–2024); Utah (2025–2026)

Passing WEPA0.39219553.5%
Pass 91.5% · Rush 23.2%

1st 50.8% · 2nd 53.5% · 3rd 64.0%

Standard downs 49.6% · Passing downs 64.6%

2023: 3★ · 0.8392
Wayshawn Parker · RB

CFBD athlete 5173431. Utah (2025–2026); Washington State (2024–2024)

Rushing WEPA0.3879525.4%
Pass 11.7% · Rush 38.0%

1st 27.5% · 2nd 21.9% · 3rd 26.7%

Standard downs 28.9% · Passing downs 15.4%

2024: 3★ · 0.8467
Devon Dampier · QB

CFBD athlete 5105849. New Mexico (2023–2024); Utah (2025–2026)

Rushing WEPA0.3536153.5%
Pass 91.5% · Rush 23.2%

1st 50.8% · 2nd 53.5% · 3rd 64.0%

Standard downs 49.6% · Passing downs 64.6%

2023: 3★ · 0.8392
Dillon Curtis · PK

CFBD athlete 5257815. Utah (2025–2026)

Kicker PAAR-1.5707—
Pass — · Rush —

1st — · 2nd — · 3rd —

Standard downs — · Passing downs —

2025: 3★ · 0.8225
Braden Pegan · WR

CFBD athlete 4869422. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——11.1%
Pass 23.8% · Rush 0.8%

1st 9.8% · 2nd 12.3% · 3rd 14.0%

Standard downs 10.4% · Passing downs 13.1%

Not linked
Brandon Rose · QB

CFBD athlete 4804885. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.6%
Pass 0.0% · Rush 4.1%

1st 2.6% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 8.3%

Standard downs 1.6% · Passing downs 6.7%

Not linked
Byrd Ficklin · QB

CFBD athlete 5294263. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——9.5%
Pass 10.8% · Rush 8.7%

1st 10.7% · 2nd 6.5% · 3rd 9.3%

Standard downs 10.1% · Passing downs 7.7%

Not linked
Creed Whittemore · WR

CFBD athlete 4871040. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——6.4%
Pass 14.3% · Rush 0.0%

1st 4.9% · 2nd 7.1% · 3rd 10.5%

Standard downs 4.1% · Passing downs 13.1%

Not linked
Daidren Zipperer · WR

CFBD athlete 5103514. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.6%
Pass 3.4% · Rush 0.0%

1st 0.0% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 1.9% · Passing downs 0.0%

Not linked
Daniel Bray · RB

CFBD athlete 5203476. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——7.2%
Pass 5.8% · Rush 8.7%

1st 7.4% · 2nd 10.3% · 3rd 2.3%

Standard downs 7.6% · Passing downs 6.2%

Not linked
Hunter Andrews · TE

CFBD athlete 5148821. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——3.1%
Pass 4.2% · Rush 2.3%

1st 2.9% · 2nd 3.8% · 3rd 2.7%

Standard downs 2.6% · Passing downs 4.5%

Not linked
Kyri Shoels · WR

CFBD athlete 5220596. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.4%
Pass 2.7% · Rush 0.0%

1st 1.0% · 2nd 1.5% · 3rd 2.4%

Standard downs 0.6% · Passing downs 3.1%

Not linked
LaMarcus Bell · RB

CFBD athlete 5264742. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——5.3%
Pass 0.0% · Rush 9.5%

1st 4.2% · 2nd 6.4% · 3rd 7.1%

Standard downs 3.7% · Passing downs 9.8%

Not linked
Larry Simmons · WR

CFBD athlete 4685704. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.5%
Pass 5.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 4.0% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 3.1%

Standard downs 3.1% · Passing downs 1.0%

Not linked
Mana Carvalho · WR

CFBD athlete 5294259. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.7%
Pass 6.3% · Rush 0.0%

1st 2.8% · 2nd 2.1% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 2.8% · Passing downs 2.4%

Not linked
Mateaki Helu · RB

CFBD athlete 5294267. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.8%
Pass 0.0% · Rush 5.1%

1st 1.9% · 2nd 1.6% · 3rd 8.1%

Standard downs 2.5% · Passing downs 3.8%

Not linked
Noah Bennee · TE

CFBD athlete 4900351. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——4.6%
Pass 10.3% · Rush 0.0%

1st 4.9% · 2nd 5.8% · 3rd 1.2%

Standard downs 4.6% · Passing downs 4.6%

Not linked
Ricky Johnson · WR

CFBD athlete 5132652. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——5.0%
Pass 11.2% · Rush 0.0%

1st 4.9% · 2nd 6.5% · 3rd 3.5%

Standard downs 4.1% · Passing downs 7.7%

Not linked
Semi Taulanga · TE

CFBD athlete 5221211. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.6%
Pass 3.0% · Rush 2.3%

1st 2.6% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 3.4% · Passing downs 0.0%

Not linked
Steve Chavez-Soto · RB

CFBD athlete 5296612. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——6.6%
Pass 2.2% · Rush 10.3%

1st 5.7% · 2nd 9.4% · 3rd 5.4%

Standard downs 7.5% · Passing downs 3.8%

Not linked
Will Monney · TE

CFBD athlete 5114312. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.4%
Pass 2.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 3.1% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 2.1% · Passing downs 0.0%

Not linked

Transfers

Incoming · 17 reported
PlayerFromDateStars / ratingEligibility
Braden Pegan · WRUtah State2026-01-074★ / 0.9200Immediate
Brandon Rose · QBMassachusetts2026-06-013★ / —Immediate
Cedric Jefferson · OTMontana State2026-01-123★ / 0.8500Immediate
Elijah Reed · CBAkron2026-01-103★ / 0.8500Immediate
Ethan Day · DLNorth Texas2026-01-063★ / 0.8700Immediate
Isaiah Kema · IOLOhio State2026-01-083★ / 0.8600Immediate
Jamal Wallace · DLTennessee2026-01-123★ / 0.8600Immediate
James Chenault Jr. · CBSouth Florida2026-01-133★ / 0.8600Immediate
Jireh Moe · DLSan José State2026-01-113★ / 0.8600Immediate
Kyri Shoels · WRSan José State2026-01-083★ / 0.8600Immediate
Lucas Samsula · DLWyoming2026-01-063★ / 0.8600Immediate
Marcus Wimberly · SOklahoma2026-01-063★ / 0.8500Immediate
Nick Brown · CBLamar2026-01-133★ / 0.8400Immediate
Noah Bennee · TEWeber State2026-01-183★ / 0.8500Immediate
Ricky Johnson · WRMississippi State2026-01-163★ / 0.8500Immediate
Steve Chavez-Soto · RBSan José State2026-01-133★ / 0.8800Immediate
Will Monney · TEOklahoma State2026-01-213★ / 0.8500Immediate
Outgoing · 22 reported
PlayerToDateStars / ratingEligibility
Blake Cotton · CBNot reported2026-08-20— / —Immediate
Brendan Zurbrugg · QBWalsh2026-02-023★ / —Immediate
Christian Thatcher · LBMemphis2026-01-093★ / 0.8500Immediate
Dallas Vakalahi · DLPenn State2026-01-083★ / 0.8700Immediate
Devin Green · RBNot reported2026-01-023★ / —Immediate
Don Saunders · CBPurdue2026-01-113★ / 0.8600Immediate
Drew Clemens · TENorth Texas2026-01-223★ / 0.8600Immediate
Isaac Wilson · QBColorado2026-01-073★ / 0.8600Immediate
JJ Buchanan · WRMichigan2026-01-124★ / 0.9400Immediate
Jason Stokes Jr. · CBColorado2026-01-143★ / 0.8600Immediate
Jaxson Jones · EDGEUtah Tech2026-01-113★ / 0.8500Immediate
Jaylen Moson · CBSouth Alabama2026-01-173★ / 0.8200Immediate
John Henry Daley · EDGEMichigan2026-01-094★ / 0.9300Immediate
Jonah Leaea · DLMichigan2026-01-123★ / 0.8700Immediate
Justin Stevenson · WRNorth Texas2026-01-113★ / —Immediate
Kalolo Ta'aga · OTWashington State2026-01-133★ / 0.8500Immediate
LaTristan Thompson · CBUTEP2026-01-123★ / 0.8300Immediate
NaQuari Rogers · RBWest Virginia2026-08-28— / —Immediate
Raycine Guillory · RBLSU2026-01-053★ / 0.8500Immediate
Salesi Moa · CBMichigan2026-01-124★ / 0.9000Immediate
Smith Snowden · CBMichigan2026-01-134★ / 0.9200Immediate
Tao Johnson · SUCLA2026-01-103★ / 0.8700Immediate

Transfer observations can include unresolved destinations. CFBD supplies no timezone for transfer dates and no athlete ID linking these records to the efficiency table. These observations do not establish current roster membership or game availability.

Descriptive context only; no player or transfer value enters the prediction model. Adjusted metrics require unambiguous season/team history. Usage-only rows use the captured athlete ID and team; conflicting usage identities are omitted. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Provider coverage is incomplete.

Coaching eras

Continuous appointments at Utah. Records are CFBD-attributed results; active tenures and the current season may be incomplete.

Morgan Scalley · career 1–0 across 2 seasons and 1 schools

Tenure timeline · 17 appointments
  1. 2025–present · Morgan Scalley · active at capture

    1–0 · 1 attributed games · 2 seasons

    Hired 2025-12-13. Effective dates: 2025-12-31 to unknown.

  2. 2004–2025 · Kyle Whittingham

    177–88 · 265 attributed games · 22 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Hired 2004-12-08. Effective dates: unknown to 2025-12-31.

  3. 2003–2004 · Urban Meyer

    22–2 · 24 attributed games · 2 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Hired 2002-12-12. Exact effective dates unavailable.

  4. 1990–2002 · Ron McBride

    88–63 · 151 attributed games · 13 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  5. 1985–1989 · Jim Fassel

    25–33 · 58 attributed games · 5 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  6. 1982–1984 · Chuck Stobart

    16–17–1 · 34 attributed games · 3 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  7. 1977–1981 · Wayne Howard

    30–24–2 · 56 attributed games · 5 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  8. 1974–1976 · Tom Lovat

    5–28 · 33 attributed games · 3 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  9. 1968–1973 · Bill Meek

    33–31 · 64 attributed games · 6 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  10. 1966–1967 · Mike Giddings

    9–12 · 21 attributed games · 2 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  11. 1958–1965 · Ray Nagel

    42–39–1 · 82 attributed games · 8 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  12. 1950–1957 · Jack Curtice

    45–32–4 · 81 attributed games · 8 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  13. 1925–1949 · Ike Armstrong

    141–55–15 · 211 attributed games · 25 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  14. 1919–1924 · Thomas Fitzpatrick

    23–17–3 · 43 attributed games · 6 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  15. 1914–1917 · Nelson Norgren

    13–11 · 24 attributed games · 4 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  16. 1910–1913 · Fred Bennion

    16–8–3 · 27 attributed games · 4 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  17. 1905–1908 · Joseph Maddock

    17–7–1 · 25 attributed games · 4 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

Season résumé · 2015–2026

Coach-attributed records appear beside team-season ratings, recruiting and poll context. Shared seasons appear once per coach; rows are not assigned to individual stints. Ratings describe team performance, not a causal coaching effect.

Season / coachRecordConferencePostseasonSP+SRSRecruiting rankFinal poll
2026 · Morgan Scalley · incomplete attribution0–0——19.418.627—
2025 · Kyle Whittingham10–27–20–022.221.34014
2025 · Morgan Scalley1–00–01–022.221.34014
2024 · Kyle Whittingham5–72–70–07.76.159—
2023 · Kyle Whittingham8–55–40–18.58.120—
2022 · Kyle Whittingham10–48–20–119.216.63410
2021 · Kyle Whittingham10–49–10–115.215.33312
2020 · Kyle Whittingham3–23–20–011.9—29—
2019 · Kyle Whittingham11–38–20–119.518.84216
2018 · Kyle Whittingham9–56–40–116.810.633—
2017 · Kyle Whittingham7–63–61–0127.333—
2016 · Kyle Whittingham9–45–41–010.99.23723
2015 · Kyle Whittingham10–36–31–01111.84517
Download coaching history JSON

Source: CFBD · captured 2026-10-26T02:02:59.394463+00:00 UTC. Season résumé covers 2015–2026; timeline spans all returned tenures. — means unavailable. Career summaries cover active coaches at capture. This snapshot is descriptive and is not a pregame cutoff.

CFBD season overview

2026 stored season snapshot, including postseason and garbage time. Raw CFBD PPA is not opponent-adjusted EPA or player WEPA. No week cutoff; these values do not enter our forecasts.

Captured 2026-10-26 04:10:14.047809 UTC · Source data

Stat rankings

CFBD FBS ranks · source updated 2026-10-25 23:14:29 UTC · calculated 2026-10-26 04:10:14 UTC · provider cache expiry 2026-10-26 04:20:14 UTC. Rank 1 is best; percentiles use CFBD’s 0–100 scale.

StatisticOffense rank / populationPercentileDefense rank / populationPercentile
PPA / play15 / 13889.821 / 13885.4
Success rate11 / 13892.714 / 13890.5
Explosiveness43 / 13869.3122 / 13811.7
Standard-down success27 / 13881.09 / 13894.2
Passing-down success6 / 13896.458 / 13858.4
Pass PPA39 / 13872.325 / 13882.5
Rush PPA5 / 13897.121 / 13885.4
Pass explosiveness112 / 13819.0122 / 13811.7
Rush explosiveness10 / 13893.446 / 13867.2
Line yards24 / 13883.237 / 13873.7
Second-level yards4 / 13897.821 / 13885.4
Open-field yards18 / 13887.619 / 13886.9
Stuff rate126 / 1388.836 / 13874.5
Power success66 / 13852.612 / 13892.0
HavocT72 / 13847.830 / 13878.8
Front-seven havocT70 / 13849.3T123 / 13810.6
DB havocT68 / 13850.41 / 138100.0
Points / opportunity15 / 13889.814 / 13890.5
Average field positionT50 / 13863.9T11 / 13891.6
Field-position expected points41 / 13870.86 / 13896.4

Player PPA and usage

Ordered by overall usage. Open a player for pass, rush, down and situation splits. Usage is the provider’s share of team plays in each situation; PPA is the provider’s average or total for that player. Missing values stay blank (—); play counts are not supplied here. Standard downs are 1st down, 2nd-and-7 or shorter, and 3rd/4th-and-4 or shorter; other situations are passing downs.

Devon Dampier · QBUsage 53.5% · Avg PPA 0.346 · Total 92.096
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.34692.09653.5%
Pass0.34069.31591.5%
Rush0.41925.55523.2%
1st down0.21927.16250.8%
2nd down0.21717.98653.5%
3rd down0.92050.60064.0%
Standard downs0.20036.48049.6%
Passing downs0.66255.61564.6%
Wayshawn Parker · RBUsage 25.4% · Avg PPA 0.442 · Total 55.651
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.44255.65125.4%
Pass0.86522.48511.7%
Rush0.33233.16638.0%
1st down0.21914.70227.5%
2nd down0.45515.47421.9%
3rd down0.96922.28126.7%
Standard downs0.47550.37928.9%
Passing downs0.2645.27215.4%
Braden Pegan · WRUsage 11.1% · Avg PPA 0.555 · Total 30.539
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.55530.53911.1%
Pass0.54128.69223.8%
Rush0.9241.8480.8%
1st down0.45110.8149.8%
2nd down0.1162.19512.3%
3rd down1.46117.53014.0%
Standard downs0.2348.87610.4%
Passing downs1.27421.66413.1%
Byrd Ficklin · QBUsage 9.5% · Avg PPA 0.220 · Total 10.336
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.22010.3369.5%
Pass0.0882.11010.8%
Rush0.3588.2268.7%
1st down0.3158.19010.7%
2nd down0.4464.4606.5%
3rd down0.1531.2289.3%
Standard downs0.2519.29810.1%
Passing downs0.1041.0387.7%
Daniel Bray · RBUsage 7.2% · Avg PPA 0.166 · Total 5.986
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.1665.9867.2%
Pass0.2593.3705.8%
Rush0.1142.6168.7%
1st down-0.167-3.0017.4%
2nd down0.4777.62510.3%
3rd down0.6811.3612.3%
Standard downs0.1093.0607.6%
Passing downs0.3662.9266.2%
Steve Chavez-Soto · RBUsage 6.6% · Avg PPA 0.100 · Total 1.404
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.1001.4046.6%
Pass-1.057-2.1132.2%
Rush0.2933.51710.3%
1st down-0.451-2.7045.7%
2nd down0.4132.4769.4%
3rd down0.8161.6325.4%
Standard downs0.1461.7547.5%
Passing downs-0.175-0.3503.8%
Creed Whittemore · WRUsage 6.4% · Avg PPA 0.603 · Total 19.290
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.60319.2906.4%
Pass0.60319.29014.3%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.2803.3584.9%
2nd down0.2492.7397.1%
3rd down1.46613.19210.5%
Standard downs0.0620.9264.1%
Passing downs1.08018.36313.1%
LaMarcus Bell · RBUsage 5.3% · Avg PPA 1.044 · Total 8.354
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall1.0448.3545.3%
Pass—0.0000.0%
Rush1.0448.3549.5%
1st down0.8042.4114.2%
2nd down-0.083-0.2506.4%
3rd down3.0966.1927.1%
Standard downs0.9703.8813.7%
Passing downs1.1184.4739.8%
Ricky Johnson · WRUsage 5.0% · Avg PPA 0.465 · Total 11.619
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.46511.6195.0%
Pass0.46511.61911.2%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.4535.4374.9%
2nd down0.4164.1606.5%
3rd down0.6742.0223.5%
Standard downs0.5778.6594.1%
Passing downs0.2962.9607.7%
Noah Bennee · TEUsage 4.6% · Avg PPA 0.702 · Total 16.144
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.70216.1444.6%
Pass0.70216.14410.3%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.5987.1724.9%
2nd down0.2282.0505.8%
3rd down2.4542.4541.2%
Standard downs0.85614.5574.6%
Passing downs0.2641.5874.6%
Hunter Andrews · TEUsage 3.1% · Avg PPA 0.535 · Total 6.951
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.5356.9513.1%
Pass0.6285.0264.2%
Rush0.3851.9252.3%
1st down0.6053.6282.9%
2nd down0.0310.1543.8%
3rd down1.5843.1692.7%
Standard downs0.6475.1792.6%
Passing downs0.3541.7724.5%
Mateaki Helu · RBUsage 2.8% · Avg PPA 0.435 · Total 2.612
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.4352.6122.8%
Pass—0.0000.0%
Rush0.4352.6125.1%
1st down0.2460.4931.9%
2nd down-0.120-0.1201.6%
3rd down0.7462.2398.1%
Standard downs0.3381.3532.5%
Passing downs0.6301.2593.8%
Mana Carvalho · WRUsage 2.7% · Avg PPA -0.741 · Total -2.962
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.741-2.9622.7%
Pass-0.741-2.9626.3%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.1630.3252.8%
2nd down0.8380.8382.1%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs-1.267-3.8012.8%
Passing downs0.8380.8382.4%
Brandon Rose · QBUsage 2.6% · Avg PPA 0.313 · Total 0.626
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.3130.6262.6%
Pass—0.0000.0%
Rush0.3130.6264.1%
1st down-0.337-0.3372.6%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down0.9630.9638.3%
Standard downs-0.337-0.3371.6%
Passing downs0.9630.9636.7%
Semi Taulanga · TEUsage 2.6% · Avg PPA 1.099 · Total 2.198
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall1.0992.1982.6%
Pass2.7862.7863.0%
Rush-0.587-0.5872.3%
1st down-0.587-0.5872.6%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs1.0992.1983.4%
Passing downs—0.0000.0%
Larry Simmons · WRUsage 2.5% · Avg PPA 0.859 · Total 7.732
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.8597.7322.5%
Pass0.8597.7325.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.7405.1834.0%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down1.2752.5493.1%
Standard downs0.5694.5533.1%
Passing downs3.1793.1791.0%
Daidren Zipperer · WRUsage 1.6% · Avg PPA -3.883 · Total -3.883
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-3.883-3.8831.6%
Pass-3.883-3.8833.4%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down—0.0000.0%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs-3.883-3.8831.9%
Passing downs—0.0000.0%
Kyri Shoels · WRUsage 1.4% · Avg PPA -0.468 · Total -1.403
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.468-1.4031.4%
Pass-0.468-1.4032.7%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.1430.1431.0%
2nd down-0.821-0.8211.5%
3rd down-0.725-0.7252.4%
Standard downs0.1430.1430.6%
Passing downs-0.773-1.5463.1%
Will Monney · TEUsage 1.4% · Avg PPA -0.957 · Total -0.957
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.957-0.9571.4%
Pass-0.957-0.9572.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down-0.957-0.9573.1%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs-0.957-0.9572.1%
Passing downs—0.0000.0%
Where Utah sits · 2026 FBS distributions138 teams · raw PPA

2026 · Through provider Week 8. Each metric uses only published FBS teams with a numeric value. Higher percentile is better; tied values receive the midpoint of their positions, rounded to a whole percentile. Missing values are unranked.

Offense PPA/playOffense PPA/play: 0.276 (90th percentile; 138 teams)90thOffense success rateOffense success rate: 0.499 (93rd percentile; 138 teams)93rdOffense explosivenessOffense explosiveness: 1.272 (70th percentile; 138 teams)70thOffense pass PPA/playOffense pass PPA/play: 0.314 (72nd percentile; 138 teams)72ndOffense rush PPA/playOffense rush PPA/play: 0.273 (97th percentile; 138 teams)97thDefense PPA/playDefense PPA/play: -0.032 (85th percentile; 138 teams)85thDefense success rateDefense success rate: 0.346 (91st percentile; 138 teams)91stDefense explosivenessDefense explosiveness: 1.350 (12th percentile; 138 teams)12thDefense havoc createdDefense havoc created: 0.180 (79th percentile; 138 teams)79th
Values and percentiles
Utah metric values with FBS percentiles, 2026
MetricValuePercentileBetter
Offense PPA/play0.27690th138 teamshigher
Offense success rate0.49993rd138 teamshigher
Offense explosiveness1.27270th138 teamshigher
Offense pass PPA/play0.31472nd138 teamshigher
Offense rush PPA/play0.27397th138 teamshigher
Defense PPA/play-0.03285th138 teamslower
Defense success rate0.34691st138 teamslower
Defense explosiveness1.35012th138 teamslower
Defense havoc created0.18079th138 teamshigher

Passing profile

2026 · CFBD passing family · raw PPA

Captured 2026-10-30. Offense: 100% of 216 attempts charted. Average depth of target 10.0 yards (80th percentile of FBS). Yards after catch 5.6 per completion. Completion 67.6%, 8.3 yards per attempt, pass PPA 0.38.

Completion percentage over expected (CPOE)
SideActualExpectedCPOE (pp)Qualifying / all attempts
Offense67.7%61.3%+6.4189 / 216
Defense allowed52.3%60.7%-8.4218 / 250

Actual and expected use the same qualifying attempts, which can be fewer than all passes. CPOE is their difference in percentage points (pp); higher is better on offense, lower allowed is better on defense. CFBD models FBS-vs-FBS passes, excluding spikes, throwaways, intentional grounding and attempts without air yards. — means unavailable; small samples have fewer than 40 qualifying attempts.

Depth of target vs yards after catch, FBS offenses
Air Force: ADOT 13.1, YAC 3.9Akron: ADOT 8.2, YAC 4.5Alabama: ADOT 9.9, YAC 5.3App State: ADOT 8.2, YAC 5.5Arizona: ADOT 8.3, YAC 5.6Arizona State: ADOT 8.1, YAC 6.4Arkansas: ADOT 7.4, YAC 5.7Arkansas State: ADOT 9.0, YAC 5.3Army: ADOT 12.7, YAC 3.7Auburn: ADOT 8.2, YAC 4.9BYU: ADOT 8.6, YAC 6.4Ball State: ADOT 7.5, YAC 5.0Baylor: ADOT 10.1, YAC 4.8Boise State: ADOT 7.4, YAC 5.3Boston College: ADOT 8.5, YAC 6.0Bowling Green: ADOT 6.5, YAC 5.9Buffalo: ADOT 9.5, YAC 2.0California: ADOT 6.1, YAC 5.9Central Michigan: ADOT 8.9, YAC 5.6Charlotte: ADOT 6.9, YAC 5.6Cincinnati: ADOT 7.1, YAC 6.5Clemson: ADOT 6.7, YAC 5.7Coastal Carolina: ADOT 11.2, YAC 5.6Colorado: ADOT 8.3, YAC 7.1Colorado State: ADOT 5.1, YAC 8.8Delaware: ADOT 9.4, YAC 6.3Duke: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.4East Carolina: ADOT 8.4, YAC 6.2Eastern Michigan: ADOT 7.4, YAC 5.4Florida: ADOT 7.2, YAC 6.9Florida Atlantic: ADOT 8.4, YAC 4.7Florida International: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.3Florida State: ADOT 10.0, YAC 8.5Fresno State: ADOT 8.0, YAC 5.6Georgia: ADOT 8.3, YAC 7.6Georgia Southern: ADOT 7.1, YAC 5.1Georgia State: ADOT 8.2, YAC 6.5Georgia Tech: ADOT 7.3, YAC 5.0Hawai'i: ADOT 8.4, YAC 4.2Houston: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.7Illinois: ADOT 9.7, YAC 4.0Indiana: ADOT 11.4, YAC 5.2Iowa: ADOT 7.7, YAC 6.2Iowa State: ADOT 8.7, YAC 5.4Jacksonville State: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.8James Madison: ADOT 8.6, YAC 4.8Kansas: ADOT 12.6, YAC 5.3Kansas State: ADOT 7.8, YAC 5.3Kennesaw State: ADOT 6.8, YAC 4.9Kent State: ADOT 9.1, YAC 4.9Kentucky: ADOT 6.7, YAC 7.0LSU: ADOT 8.0, YAC 6.9Liberty: ADOT 11.3, YAC 6.2Louisiana: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.1Louisiana Tech: ADOT 6.6, YAC 5.6Louisville: ADOT 9.0, YAC 7.7Marshall: ADOT 8.7, YAC 5.5Maryland: ADOT 7.0, YAC 6.2Massachusetts: ADOT 10.1, YAC 4.2Memphis: ADOT 10.4, YAC 5.7Miami: ADOT 7.3, YAC 7.2Miami (OH): ADOT 10.5, YAC 6.6Michigan: ADOT 10.3, YAC 4.6Michigan State: ADOT 7.6, YAC 4.1Middle Tennessee: ADOT 8.0, YAC 5.5Minnesota: ADOT 6.4, YAC 6.3Mississippi State: ADOT 9.2, YAC 5.8Missouri: ADOT 10.4, YAC 5.2Missouri State: ADOT 8.6, YAC 5.7NC State: ADOT 8.7, YAC 5.4Navy: ADOT 14.2, YAC 8.6Nebraska: ADOT 7.9, YAC 5.8Nevada: ADOT 7.9, YAC 6.3New Mexico: ADOT 10.4, YAC 6.0New Mexico State: ADOT 9.6, YAC 4.3North Carolina: ADOT 7.8, YAC 6.3North Dakota State: ADOT 10.6, YAC 4.6North Texas: ADOT 9.2, YAC 6.0Northern Illinois: ADOT 8.8, YAC 4.3Northwestern: ADOT 9.1, YAC 5.5Notre Dame: ADOT 9.6, YAC 5.0Ohio: ADOT 9.4, YAC 5.6Ohio State: ADOT 11.0, YAC 4.9Oklahoma: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.5Oklahoma State: ADOT 8.6, YAC 6.2Old Dominion: ADOT 10.8, YAC 4.1Ole Miss: ADOT 8.8, YAC 4.3Oregon: ADOT 7.5, YAC 6.4Oregon State: ADOT 9.1, YAC 8.3Penn State: ADOT 9.7, YAC 5.0Pittsburgh: ADOT 9.1, YAC 5.6Purdue: ADOT 8.0, YAC 6.9Rice: ADOT 10.8, YAC 4.9Rutgers: ADOT 10.9, YAC 5.2SMU: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.9Sacramento State: ADOT 8.4, YAC 4.3Sam Houston: ADOT 7.8, YAC 5.5San Diego State: ADOT 9.5, YAC 5.3San José State: ADOT 10.0, YAC 3.8South Alabama: ADOT 10.1, YAC 5.2South Carolina: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.9South Florida: ADOT 8.2, YAC 6.1Southern Miss: ADOT 8.0, YAC 5.0Stanford: ADOT 8.9, YAC 4.6Syracuse: ADOT 9.3, YAC 5.7TCU: ADOT 9.0, YAC 4.7Temple: ADOT 8.7, YAC 7.1Tennessee: ADOT 6.9, YAC 6.8Texas: ADOT 8.5, YAC 6.2Texas A&M: ADOT 8.8, YAC 5.3Texas State: ADOT 8.6, YAC 6.5Texas Tech: ADOT 8.8, YAC 4.7Toledo: ADOT 8.8, YAC 6.2Troy: ADOT 8.9, YAC 6.5Tulane: ADOT 9.5, YAC 5.0Tulsa: ADOT 8.7, YAC 4.7UAB: ADOT 10.0, YAC 4.3UCF: ADOT 7.1, YAC 5.5UCLA: ADOT 9.0, YAC 6.0UConn: ADOT 10.8, YAC 6.5UL Monroe: ADOT 7.9, YAC 5.7UNLV: ADOT 10.3, YAC 4.0USC: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.0UTEP: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.2UTSA: ADOT 6.6, YAC 5.8Utah State: ADOT 9.8, YAC 4.7Vanderbilt: ADOT 9.2, YAC 5.1Virginia: ADOT 8.8, YAC 5.9Virginia Tech: ADOT 6.5, YAC 7.0Wake Forest: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.0Washington: ADOT 8.1, YAC 6.4Washington State: ADOT 7.4, YAC 3.7West Virginia: ADOT 13.8, YAC 8.5Western Kentucky: ADOT 6.9, YAC 5.4Western Michigan: ADOT 8.1, YAC 5.3Wisconsin: ADOT 6.9, YAC 7.4Wyoming: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.6Utah: ADOT 10.0, YAC 5.6Average depth of target (yards) →Yards after catch per completion →

138 teams with at least 40 charted attempts. The highlighted point is Utah.

Target mix by zone, Utah offense
Short left20% · 42Short middle18% · 38Short right43% · 90Deep left6% · 13Deep middle3% · 7Deep right9% · 19

Highlighted bars are deep zones. Shares are of located attempts only.

Defense and rushing detail
Utah passing defense and rushing profile, 2026
SideAttemptsChartedADOTYACComp %PPACPOECPOE att
Passing offense216100%10.05.667.6%0.38+6.4 pp189
Passing defense250100%9.16.050.0%0.08-8.4 pp218

Rushing production

SideAttemptsYards / carrySuccessPPALine yards / rushSecond-level yards / rushOpen-field yards / rushStuff ratePower success
Offense2755.751.4%0.343.501.401.8017.1%73.7%
Defense allowed1973.235.3%-0.052.600.800.6020.7%57.9%

Second-level yards are gained 5–10 yards past the line; open-field yards are beyond 10. These are provider per-rush averages, not totals. Power success measures success with two or fewer yards needed. Exact line-metric and power-success denominators are not supplied in this feed.

Rushing sample and attribution

SideYards recordedIndividualUnattributedSacksKneelsTeam rushesMultiple carriersDirection located / eligible
Offense265 / 275252231013141248 / 251 · 98.8%
Defense allowed190 / 197190713000179 / 184 · 97.3%

Counts are attempts. Team totals include sacks, kneels, team-only rushes and unresolved attribution; these categories can overlap and must not be summed. Direction coverage uses ordinary direction-eligible rushes, not all attempts. Missing fields in older captures remain unavailable.

Raw provider values, no opponent adjustment; not model inputs. CFBD metric definitions.

Game-by-game passing and rushing

2026 · Passing CPOE · percentage points. Dashed line: season +6.4 pp. 6 of 7 captured games have this metric. Missing observations break the line.

0.08.216.4W1W2W2 vs Arkansas: +10.8 ppW3W3 vs Utah State: +4.7 ppW4W4 vs Iowa State: +0.7 ppW6W6 vs Kansas: +16.4 ppW7W7 vs Colorado: +0.2 ppW8W8 vs Houston: +7.3 pp

CPOE is completion percentage over expected on qualifying FBS-vs-FBS attempts; positive means more completions than expected. PPA is raw provider PPA. These are game observations, not opponent-adjusted forecasts. P labels postseason weeks.

Game log and attempt coverage
WeekOpponentPass attCPOE attComp %*Expected %*CPOEADOTPass PPARush attRush yds/carryRush PPA
W1Idaho260———15.60.68497.50.48
W2Arkansas282871.4%60.6%+10.8 pp8.50.37344.20.48
W3Utah State373767.6%62.8%+4.7 pp9.30.32385.10.14
W4Iowa State272665.4%64.7%+0.7 pp7.80.43336.10.33
W6Kansas313177.4%61.0%+16.4 pp9.90.48476.60.47
W7Colorado414158.5%58.3%+0.2 pp10.10.20393.40.01
W8Houston262669.2%61.9%+7.3 pp9.30.28356.50.45

*Completion and expected rates use the same CPOE-eligible attempts. ADOT uses available air-yard attempts; a game needs at least one. No missing family is filled with the other family’s data.

Punting and returns

2026 season to date · CFBD · captured 2026-10-30T11:16:37.416814+00:00. Descriptive totals, including postseason when present.

Our punts

20 punts · 42.6 gross yards/punt · 42.1 net yards/punt

5 inside the 20 · 1 touchbacks · 0 blocked

Known gross yards: 20/20 punts. Known net yards: 17/20 punts.

Our punt returns

14 returns · 6.1 yards/return · 0 touchdowns

0 muffs · 0 opponent punts blocked

Known return yards: 14/14 returns. Return totals include team-only and unattributed plays.

Recent games
GamePuntsGross yd/puntNet yd/puntKnown net yards
Week 8 · Houston443.538.54/4
Week 7 · Colorado538.037.04/5
Week 6 · Kansas246.046.02/2
Week 4 · Iowa State438.839.73/4
Week 3 · Utah State247.047.52/2
Team style
Rating history