Utah announced their 2017 football schedule on January 18, 2017.[ 3] The Utes played FCS North Dakota, in-state rival BYU, and San Jose State in out-of-conference play. In Pac-12 conference play, the Utes did not play cross-divisional foes California and Oregon State .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 5:30 p.m. No. 8 (FCS ) North Dakota * P12N W 37–1645,905
September 9 8:15 p.m. at BYU * ESPN2 W 19–1363,470
September 16 8:00 p.m. San Jose State * Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 W 54–1645,881
8:00 p.m. at Arizona No. 23 FS1 W 30–2436,651
October 7 8:15 p.m. Stanford No. 20 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 L 20–2345,991
October 14 5:00 p.m. at No. 13 USC ABC L 27–2872,382
October 21 1:30 p.m. Arizona State Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 L 10–3045,863
October 28 3:45 p.m. at Oregon P12N L 20–4156,154
7:30 p.m. UCLA Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 W 48–1745,902
November 11 3:30 p.m. No. 19 Washington State Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N L 25–3345,826
November 18 7:30 p.m. at No. 16 Washington ESPN L 30–3365,767
November 25 8:00 p.m. Colorado FS1 W 34–1346,022
December 26 11:30 a.m. vs. West Virginia * ESPN W 30–1420,507
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
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1
2
3
4
Total
#8 (FCS) Fighting Hawks
3
6
0
7
16
Utes
0
17
10
10
37
1
2
3
4
Total
Utes
3
6
10
0
19
Cougars
0
0
6
7
13
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
3
10
0
3
16
Utes
9
21
7
17
54
1
2
3
4
Total
#23 Utes
10
3
14
3
30
Wildcats
3
7
7
7
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinal
3
10
3
7
23
#20 Utes
7
3
3
7
20
1
2
3
4
Total
Utes
7
14
0
6
27
#13 Trojans
7
0
7
14
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Sun Devils
9
7
7
7
30
Utes
0
0
3
7
10
1
2
3
4
Total
Utes
0
6
7
7
20
Ducks
7
10
10
14
41
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
0
10
0
7
17
Utes
7
10
21
10
48
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Cougars
13
7
6
7
33
Utes
0
10
0
15
25
1
2
3
4
Total
Utes
7
6
10
7
30
#16 Huskies
6
10
7
10
33
1
2
3
4
Total
Buffaloes
0
0
7
6
13
Utes
14
14
3
3
34
Vs. West Virginia (Heart of Dallas Bowl)
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1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
0
3
3
8
14
Utes
7
10
0
13
30
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP RV RV RV 23 20 20 RV RV — — — — — — — — Coaches 25 23 24 21 19 18 23 RV — — — — — — — RV CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released
Name
Title
Years at Utah
Kyle Whittingham
Head coach
13
Morgan Scalley
Defensive coordinator/safeties coach
10
Troy Taylor
Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
1
Jim Harding
Assistant head coach/offensive line coach
4
Sharrieff Shah
Cornerbacks coach/co-Special teams coordinator
6
Justin Ena
Linebackers coach/co-Special teams coordinator
3
Lewis Powell
Defensive line coach
3
Freddie Whittingham
Tight ends coach
1
Guy Holliday
Wide receivers coach
2
Kiel McDonald
Running backs coach
1
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