The Best of the West offers fans an unapologetic assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection of schools now scattered across five conferences: the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Mountain West.
The rankings will be available weekly on the Hotline throughout the regular season. (We’ll publish a basketball version of the BOTW starting in November.)
All times Pacific.
1. Utah (1-0)
Last week: 2
Result: beat Southern Utah 49-0
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