Utah State Aggies quarterback Cooper Legas (5) is introduced down by the BYU protection in Provo on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The Cougars face Notre Dame this week. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
These subsequent two weeks might decide quite a bit for the postseason hopes of each Utah and BYU.
The Utes tackle two different Pac-12 groups — UCLA and USC — which can be at the moment unbeaten in convention play.
The Cougars face two of their most tough opponents this season — Notre Dame and Arkansas — in back-to-back weeks, and with a loss to Oregon again in September, BYU’s hopes for making a New Yr’s Six bowl lie with profitable out.
Utah heads to California using a four-game win streak, whereas UCLA is unbeaten and coming off a victory over then-No. 15 Washington — a win that vaulted the Bruins into the nationwide rankings.
ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura stated UCLA was the crew that helped itself probably the most final week.
“After a decisive win towards surging Washington, UCLA seems extra like a Pac-12 title contender. With Utah and Oregon up subsequent, we’ll discover out quickly if the Bruins are for actual,” Bonagura wrote.
BYU travels to Las Vegas to face a Notre Dame crew that’s bounced again from an 0-2 begin to beat California and North Carolina and is coming off a bye.
Saturday’s sport offers the chance for BYU to earn simply its third win over Notre Dame.
Right here’s the most recent bowl projections for Utah (a 42-16 winner over Oregon State), BYU (a 38-26 winner over Utah State) and Utah State after Week 5.
*-indicates similar projection as final week.
Bowl projections for Utah soccer after Week 5
- Kyle Bonagura, ESPN: Alamo Bowl, vs. Kansas.
- Mark Schlabach, ESPN: Alamo Bowl, vs. Baylor.
- Brett McMurphy, Motion Community: Cotton Bowl, vs. Cincinnati.
- Jerry Palm, CBS Sports activities: Rose Bowl, vs. Michigan.*
- Erick Smith, USA At the moment: Rose Bowl, vs. Michigan.*
- School Soccer Information: Vacation Bowl, vs. Notre Dame.*
- Brad Crawford, 247 Sports activities: Cotton Bowl, vs. Cincinnati.
After every week the place the variety of bowl projections the place No. 11 Utah (4-1) landed in a non-New Yr’s Six bowl outnumbered the predictions they find yourself in a NY6 bowl, the pendulum swings again to the Utes making one of many premier bowls this week.
Proper now, there’s a cut up on whether or not the Utes might play in both the Rose Bowl or Cotton Bowl, with the non-NY6 Alamo Bowl one other standard vacation spot.
Utah’s subsequent two video games — at UCLA, house vs. USC — will go a great distance towards shaping the Pac-12 race and offering readability to the league’s bowl state of affairs.
Bowl projections for BYU soccer after Week 5
- Kyle Bonagura, ESPN: First Responder Bowl, vs. California.
- Mark Schlabach, ESPN: LendingTree Bowl, vs. Appalachian State.*
- Brett McMurphy, Motion Community: Boca Raton Bowl, vs. Liberty.
- Jerry Palm, CBS Sports activities: Armed Forces Bowl, vs. Cincinnati.*
- Erick Smith, USA At the moment: Frisco Bowl, vs. Appalachian State.*
- School Soccer Information: Independence Bowl, vs. SMU.
- Brad Crawford, 247 Sports activities: Armed Forces Bowl, vs. Kansas State.
Due to BYU’s bowl tie-in this season — the varsity is contracted to play in an ESPN-owned bowl if it doesn’t make a New Yr’s Six spot — there’s a wide range of locations the No. 16 Cougars (4-1) might land within the postseason, as evidenced by this week’s projections.
One vacation spot that’s incomes a number of votes is BYU touring to Texas to play within the Armed Forces Bowl towards a future Large 12 opponent, like Cincinnati (CBS Sports activities) or Kansas State (247 Sports activities).
Any remaining hopes the Cougars have of getting again into the New Yr’s Six bowl dialog lie with incomes wins over the following two weeks towards Notre Dame and Arkansas.
Bowl projections for Utah State soccer after Week 5
- Kyle Bonagura, ESPN: None.
- Mark Schlabach, ESPN: None.
- Brett McMurphy, Motion Community: None.
- Jerry Palm, CBS Sports activities: None.
- Erick Smith, USA At the moment: None.
- School Soccer Information: None.
- Brad Crawford, 247 Sports activities: None.
The loss to BYU dropped Utah State to 1-4, inching the Aggies nearer to elimination from bowl eligibility.
Utah State’s means to make the postseason now hinges on if the Aggies can get one thing going within the subsequent few weeks, with Air Drive, Colorado State and Wyoming on the schedule the remainder of this month.