Utah Utes quarterback Cameron Rising (7) celebrates his landing with Utah Utes tight finish Brant Kuithe (80) through the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Will the Utes make the Faculty Soccer Playoff, or may they be headed again to the Rose Bowl once more this season? Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
There are lower than two weeks till the faculty soccer season kicks off with Week 0 video games, a slate that features Utah State internet hosting UConn.
The remainder of the faculty soccer world will catch up the following week, when Utah visits Florida in a pivotal nonconference matchup, whereas BYU travels to USF to open its season.
Even with the faculty soccer season nonetheless on the horizon, although, that doesn’t imply there aren’t some wanting towards the tip of the 12 months, particularly on the bowl season.
CBS Sports activities’ Jerry Palm — a famous postseason prognosticator — did simply that final week, releasing his preseason bowl projections.
What's Utah’s bowl projection from CBS Sports activities?
Utah has been a well-liked option to make the Faculty Soccer Playoff and finish the Pac-12’s streak of 5 straight seasons with a playoff workforce, although that’s not the place Palm has Utah heading.
As a substitute, he predicts Utah shall be again within the Rose Bowl, this time enjoying towards Michigan. The Utes — who misplaced a 48-45 thriller to Ohio State in final 12 months’s Rose Bowl — have performed the Wolverines 4 instances prior to now 20 years, with Utah successful the final three video games.
Palm predicts that this 12 months’s CFP groups will embody Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Oklahoma.
What are BYU and Utah State’s bowl projections from CBS Sports activities?
Palm additionally has BYU and Utah State bowl certain, although in much less prestigious matchups.
For the Cougars, he predicts BYU will face San Jose State within the Frisco Bowl on Dec. 17 in this system’s ultimate 12 months of independence.
For the Aggies, Palm tasks Utah State going again to the Idaho Potato Bowl on Dec. 20 and going through Central Michigan.