Utes move up to No. 13 in latest AP Top 25 rankings after win over ASU

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah took out all its frustrations on a visiting Arizona State team that had no way to combat the attack with an injury-depleted roster.

Utah's offense scored 55 points, finished with over 500 yards of offense, and held Arizona State to under 100 total yards of offense in a win that was the largest margin of victory for the Utes in a Pac-12 game, and the largest margin of defeat in a conference game for the Sun Devils since it joined the Pac-12 in 1978.

It's also the first time since at least 2000 that a team has totaled more than 500 yards on offense while allowing less than 100 in a Pac-12 game, according to the Associated Press' Josh Dubow.

With the full-team effort focused on not being beaten twice by Oregon, Utah moved up to No. 13 in the latest AP Top 25 poll, up five spots from its previous spot at No. 18 last week. Utah remains one of five teams ranked from the Pac-12 this week, though one of those teams is new to the rankings this season.

Washington, which got a key win over USC Saturday and knocked the Trojans out of the top 25, leads the conference as its highest-ranked team at No. 5, and is closely followed by No. 6 Oregon, who dominated California in a 63-19 win.

Behind the Ducks in the rankings is No. 12 Oregon State, No. 13 Utah, and No. 23 Arizona. Though not technically out of the Pac-12 title race, each of those three teams need some help from Oregon and Washington to get into the conference championship game. UCLA and USC both dropped out of the rankings but continue to receive votes.

After being at the top of the AP Top 25 poll all season, Georgia remains at No. 1, even after the College Football Playoff selection committee had the Bulldogs at No. 2 in its initial rankings Tuesday. Behind Georgia remains No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Washington.

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