Kyle Whittingham's bunch have gone from unranked to kick-off the season to cracking the top 10 at No. 10 after nine weeks of college football in the books.

This bye week, while stalling a lavishly impressive start to the season, gives the Utes the opportunity to gather up two important things8212;rest and psych.

Now that BYU has fallen out of the spotlight as the Bowl Championship Series-busting Cinderellas, Whittingham's Utes have taken the Cougars' place and are now at the forefront of the BCS discussion.

The No. 14 Utes (7-0, 3-0) have some kinks to work out and need to obtain some rhythm offensively heading into Saturday's game against visiting Colorado State.

The Utes' defense might be facing its biggest ground threat yet this week in a man who plays for Colorado State and simply goes by the name Gartrell Johnson.

Utah might not know the taste of defeat this season, but three-year starting quarterback Brian Johnson has had plenty of experience with it in the past--so much so that Johnson knows what it's like for his team to lose to every single team in the Mountain West Conference.

Who has the edge in the upcoming game of the Utah Utes vs the Wyoming Cowboys?

Over the past two weeks, the Utes' secondary has given up 616 yards through the air, a statistic that doesn't necessarily shout out "good defense."