SALT LAKE CITY — The hopes of a Large 12 name sport look were given even nearer to fact for BYU on Saturday.
Coming off the crew’s first lack of the season to conference-leading Texas Tech every week prior, the Cougars bounced again in large model and defeated a visiting TCU Horned Frogs crew having a look to complicate BYU’s name sport trail.
The Horned Frogs by no means stood a possibility.
The 44-13 win at LaVell Edwards Stadium was once a large step ahead to the Cougars securing a price tag to rematch the Pink Raiders in Arlington, Texas. A tricky highway check in opposition to Cincinnati continues to be at the docket, however BYU is securely within the driving force’s seat.
With the win, BYU persevered to inch up in a loaded most sensible part of the most recent Related Press Most sensible 25 ratings. The Cougars moved up one spot to No. 11, leaping a Texas crew who suffered its 0.33 lack of the season.
The Cougars stay the second-highest ranked crew from the Large 12, with Texas Tech transferring as much as No. 6 — a two spot leap and a tie with Oregon after a blowout win over UCF.
Utah were given any other leap within the ratings, too, after a blowout win at the highway in opposition to a pass-heavy Baylor crew who threatened to make it a detailed sport within the first part sooner than Byrd Ficklin exploded at the scene to boost the Utes to any other dominant win.
It wasn’t the cleanest sport for the Utah protection, however a pair interceptions — together with a pick out six by way of Scooby Davis — and a 380-yard crew speeding effort was once sufficient to safe any other win and transfer the Utes to No. 13 because the third-highest ranked crew.
Utah holds an outdoor shot to have a chance at a Large 12 name sport look however wishes rival BYU (and a couple of different effects) to lose a sport for that risk to be at the desk.
Sneaking in to the tip of the ratings at No. 25 is Houston, who was once on a bye week, as the one different ultimate Large 12 crew ranked after Cincinnati dropped a sport over the weekend. Arizona and Arizona State each won votes this week.
The highest 3 groups stayed the similar for any other week, with Ohio State on the most sensible with 57 first-place votes, adopted by way of Indiana (8) and Texas A&M (1). At the back of the 3 undefeated groups is No. 4 Georgia, adopted by way of No. 5 Ole Leave out.
Alabama, which was once up to now ranked No. 4, fell the entire approach to No. 10 after a loss to Oklahoma. Fellow SEC crew Texas dropped seven spots to No. 17 after a loss to Georgia.
The 0.33 installment of the Faculty Soccer Playoff ratings shall be launched Tuesday night time, the place BYU and Utah are each within the most sensible 15 and more likely to inch up after weekend wins.
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