The Utah Utes rejoice on the sphere by “Lighting The U”, after beating the San Diego State Aztecs in Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. The Utes received 35-7. Ben B. Braun, Deseret Information
Every week of the faculty soccer season (and the faculty basketball season in a couple of months, for that matter), particular person ballots that decide the AP Prime 25 ballot are made public so everybody can see who voted which staff into which slot.
On Sunday, each the Utah Utes and BYU Cougars have been within the ballot, though they moved completely different instructions after Utah received and BYU misplaced.
The Utes moved up one spot from No. 14 to No. 13 after dealing with the San Diego State Aztecs with ease, whereas the Cougars dropped seven spots from No. 12 to No. 19 after getting crushed soundly by the Oregon Geese, who moved from No. 25 to No. 15.
However how excessive and low did Utah and BYU seem on any particular person poll?
Regardless of transferring up a spot total, the very best the Utes received voted this week truly went down a spot, though it got here from the identical voter. Jack Ebling of WSYM in Lansing, Michigan, voted Utah No. 8 this week after voting the staff No. 7 final week.
The variety of votes within the high 10 that the Utes received additionally went down this week, from eight to only 5. Additionally on the draw back, Utah was outdoors of the highest 25 on two ballots, up from one final week.
On the optimistic entrance, outdoors of these two voters, the Utes’ lowest votes have been two at No. 22. Final week, apart from the one vote outdoors of the highest 25, Utah’s lowest vote was at No. 23.
As for BYU, it had some drastic drops in votes this week, which is mirrored in its massive total drop.
Final week, 19 of 63 voters had the Cougars within the high 10. This week, the very best vote the staff received was all the way in which down at No. 13, from only one voter — Mike Berardino of the South Bend Tribune in Indiana.
If there's a silver lining for BYU within the ballot, it’s that whereas seven voters had it outdoors of the highest 25 when only one did final week, that quantity is smaller than the 12 who had the Cougars outdoors of the highest 25 the week earlier than final.
General, the Utes received their most votes at No. 11 with 10, whereas the Cougars’ most votes got here at Nos. 17 and 18, with 10 apiece in these spots.