The Utes (10-0, 6-0) are ranked No. 7 in the Bowl Championship Series standings, which were released Sunday, with two weeks left of football to play.

The Utah soccer team's only two conference losses this season came at the hands of TCU and BYU.

The Utes scored the first basket of the game and never lost the lead in their 59-44 exhibition win against Grand Valley State University on Saturday.

After receiving a first round bye by finishing second in the Mountain West Conference this season, Utah advanced to the MWC Tournament championship game on Thursday by defeating the Horned Frogs for the first time this season.

When Utah athletic director Chris Hill and head coach Jim Boylen scheduled their first game of the season, they didn't look for a Division-II team that they could blow out. Instead, they looked for a team that would give them a good game.

he game felt like volume two in a series. Against Oregon State, the Utes looked baffled for 58 minutes. The offense couldn't move the ball. The defense built dams the Beavers couldn't break. And then, Johnson put together one miraculous drive for the win.

There isn't anything worse for a defense's or a fan's morale than an offense converting on third down attempts. For the Utes, that rule doesn't apply.

Not only did the student body have a good turnout, but the entire stadium only had a few spots of red in it. The reaction from the blackout also seemed to be very positive.

With TCU hanging onto a 10-6 lead late in the fourth quarter, all Utah's defense wanted to do was give its offense a chance. Two empty TCU drives deep into Utah territory and a game-ending interception later and Utah's defense did all it could to keep Utah's BCS hopes alive.

The U women's team will take the court Saturday in its first and only exhibition game of the season against Southern Oregon. Tip-off is at 5 p.m. at the Huntsman Center.