Utes maintaining focus on work at hand during dog days of August

Utah quarterback Cam Rising looks to throw during fall camp at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Aug. 10, 2022.

Utah quarterback Cam Rising seems to throw throughout fall camp on the College of Utah in Salt Lake Metropolis on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. The Utes are conserving their concentrate on the season opener at Florida, not the lofty expectations.

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Utah coach Kyle Whittingham seems on throughout observe Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, on the College of Utah in Salt Lake Metropolis.

Hunter Dyke, Utah Athletics

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Utah is in the course of Week 2 of fall camp, and the season remains to be a number of weeks away, however this system has already made historical past.

Monday morning, the USA Right now coaches ballot was launched and the Utes obtained their highest preseason rating ever — No. 8.

Sure, expectations are sky-high for Utah, which is the defending Pac-12 champ and picked to repeat in 2022. The Utes are additionally thought-about a contender for the Faculty Soccer Playoff.

Utah coaches and gamers are working to arrange for the season, which kicks off Sept. 3 at Florida. They know that being a preseason top-10 crew is signal of respect. However they don’t need their rating to be a distraction.

“Don’t get me unsuitable. It’s an honor that they view us as a top-10 crew. And I imagine that we're a top-10 crew. Shoot, I imagine we're a top-five crew,” mentioned broad receiver Devaughn Vele. “Nevertheless it’s a type of issues the place we don’t need that to be within the entrance of our thoughts. The entrance of our thoughts needs to be that Florida sport. Going 1-0. That’s our weekly objective.”

We’re approaching the canine days of August. There’s nonetheless a variety of work to do earlier than the journey to Gainesville.

“We’ve obtained all of this week and all of subsequent week. Then faculty begins,” mentioned coach Kyle Whittingham. “The sport remains to be far on the market. We’ve obtained to remain targeted and mentally powerful. We’ve obtained to proceed to grind. That’s what it's proper now.”

In case you missed it

ESPN’s Heather Dinich recognized Utah as considered one of 4 groups within the nation that has the perfect likelihood of cracking the Faculty Soccer Playoff for the primary time. Dinich ranked the Utes because the second-most doubtless of the 4 to succeed in the CFP, behind Texas A&M and forward of Pac-12 foe USC and Oklahoma State.

Numbers sport

8: The place Utah landed within the USA Right now coaches preseason ballot, its highest preseason rating ever. 

14: The place Utah was ranked within the preseason ballot in 2019, its earlier highest preseason rating.

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Fanalyst

This places Utah in place to meet excessive expectations and do some critical injury this yr. Effectively achieved. Effectively earned.

— Loopy in California

If Covey wasn’t constructed like a bowling pin (backside heavy) and had an higher physique that may very well be constructed up, he’d be a lock within the NFL. He's simply so small, like tiny. However, he’s that good of a playmaker, a fantastic locker room presence, and is extremely sensible ... anyone will snarf him up and he could make a crew for a number of years ... who is aware of?

— Utah-Hawaii Alum

(Cam Rising is) going to be enjoyable to look at. I actually like his swagger. Good luck in Gainesville. If Utah and Oregon can present nicely in opposition to Florida and Georgia it might take the SEC down a peg and that may be good for all faculty soccer for my part.

— Groucho Marks

Up subsequent

Aug. 10 | 7 p.m. | Soccer | vs. Idaho State | @Salt Lake Metropolis

Sept. 3 | 5 p.m. | Soccer | vs. Florida | @Gainesville, Florida | ESPN

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Utah coach Kyle Whittingham seems on throughout observe Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, on the College of Utah in Salt Lake Metropolis.

Hunter Dyke, Utah Athletics

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