2014–2026 performance history

Utah over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Big 12Head coach: Morgan ScalleyView Utah games →
Offense · 2026 estimate88.6/100

93.2 average through 1 game

88.0 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate58.4/100

51.4 average through 1 game

59.3 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Utah individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Whittingham · ’14–’25Kyle Whittingham, 2014–2025ScalleyMorgan Scalley, 2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Utah vs. Idaho State · W 56–14; offense 72.5 percentile2014 Week 2: Utah vs. Fresno State · W 59–27; offense 82.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Utah at Michigan · W 26–10; offense 26.9 percentile2014 Week 5: Utah vs. Washington State · L 27–28; offense 3.6 percentile2014 Week 6: Utah at UCLA · W 30–28; offense 41.4 percentile2014 Week 8: Utah at Oregon State · W 29–23; offense 13.8 percentile2014 Week 9: Utah vs. USC · W 24–21; offense 24.9 percentile2014 Week 10: Utah at Arizona State · L 16–19; offense 25.6 percentile2014 Week 11: Utah vs. Oregon · L 27–51; offense 58.4 percentile2014 Week 12: Utah at Stanford · W 20–17; offense 15.8 percentile2014 Week 13: Utah vs. Arizona · L 10–42; offense 30.6 percentile2014 Week 14: Utah at Colorado · W 38–34; offense 60.6 percentile2014 Week 1: Utah vs. Colorado State · W 45–10; offense 94.3 percentile2015 Week 1: Utah vs. Michigan · W 24–17; offense 67.3 percentile2015 Week 2: Utah vs. Utah State · W 24–14; offense 62.7 percentile2015 Week 3: Utah at Fresno State · W 45–24; offense 40.0 percentile2015 Week 4: Utah at Oregon · W 62–20; offense 88.0 percentile2015 Week 6: Utah vs. California · W 30–24; offense 35.4 percentile2015 Week 7: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 34–18; offense 28.2 percentile2015 Week 8: Utah at USC · L 24–42; offense 51.3 percentile2015 Week 9: Utah vs. Oregon State · W 27–12; offense 23.4 percentile2015 Week 10: Utah at Washington · W 34–23; offense 61.8 percentile2015 Week 11: Utah at Arizona · L 30–37; offense 68.7 percentile2015 Week 12: Utah vs. UCLA · L 9–17; offense 20.5 percentile2015 Week 13: Utah vs. Colorado · W 20–14; offense 9.6 percentile2015 Week 1: Utah vs. BYU · W 35–28; offense 26.0 percentile2016 Week 1: Utah vs. Southern Utah · W 24–0; offense 17.5 percentile2016 Week 2: Utah vs. BYU · W 20–19; offense 45.1 percentile2016 Week 3: Utah at San José State · W 34–17; offense 41.3 percentile2016 Week 4: Utah vs. USC · W 31–27; offense 75.2 percentile2016 Week 5: Utah at California · L 23–28; offense 13.6 percentile2016 Week 6: Utah vs. Arizona · W 36–23; offense 42.7 percentile2016 Week 7: Utah at Oregon State · W 19–14; offense 11.0 percentile2016 Week 8: Utah at UCLA · W 52–45; offense 80.5 percentile2016 Week 9: Utah vs. Washington · L 24–31; offense 72.7 percentile2016 Week 11: Utah at Arizona State · W 49–26; offense 76.2 percentile2016 Week 12: Utah vs. Oregon · L 28–30; offense 33.0 percentile2016 Week 13: Utah at Colorado · L 22–27; offense 26.2 percentile2016 Week 1: Utah vs. Indiana · W 26–24; offense 77.1 percentile2017 Week 1: Utah vs. North Dakota · W 37–16; offense 43.1 percentile2017 Week 2: Utah at BYU · W 19–13; offense 14.2 percentile2017 Week 3: Utah vs. San José State · W 54–16; offense 36.3 percentile2017 Week 4: Utah at Arizona · W 30–24; offense 22.1 percentile2017 Week 6: Utah vs. Stanford · L 20–23; offense 13.8 percentile2017 Week 7: Utah at USC · L 27–28; offense 57.1 percentile2017 Week 8: Utah vs. Arizona State · L 10–30; offense 15.8 percentile2017 Week 9: Utah at Oregon · L 20–41; offense 30.5 percentile2017 Week 10: Utah vs. UCLA · W 48–17; offense 90.9 percentile2017 Week 11: Utah vs. Washington State · L 25–33; offense 23.0 percentile2017 Week 12: Utah at Washington · L 30–33; offense 80.2 percentile2017 Week 13: Utah vs. Colorado · W 34–13; offense 80.6 percentile2017 Week 1: Utah vs. West Virginia · W 30–14; offense 12.2 percentile2018 Week 1: Utah vs. Weber State · W 41–10; offense 36.7 percentile2018 Week 2: Utah at Northern Illinois · W 17–6; offense 29.6 percentile2018 Week 3: Utah vs. Washington · L 7–21; offense 35.7 percentile2018 Week 5: Utah at Washington State · L 24–28; offense 39.8 percentile2018 Week 6: Utah at Stanford · W 40–21; offense 93.9 percentile2018 Week 7: Utah vs. Arizona · W 42–10; offense 95.2 percentile2018 Week 8: Utah vs. USC · W 41–28; offense 79.5 percentile2018 Week 9: Utah at UCLA · W 41–10; offense 74.2 percentile2018 Week 10: Utah at Arizona State · L 20–38; offense 69.6 percentile2018 Week 11: Utah vs. Oregon · W 32–25; offense 51.4 percentile2018 Week 12: Utah at Colorado · W 30–7; offense 46.8 percentile2018 Week 13: Utah vs. BYU · W 35–27; offense 52.0 percentile2018 Week 14: Utah vs. Washington · L 3–10; offense 12.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Utah vs. Northwestern · L 20–31; offense 39.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Utah at BYU · W 30–12; offense 72.8 percentile2019 Week 2: Utah vs. Northern Illinois · W 35–17; offense 77.6 percentile2019 Week 3: Utah vs. Idaho State · W 31–0; offense 73.4 percentile2019 Week 4: Utah at USC · L 23–30; offense 61.3 percentile2019 Week 5: Utah vs. Washington State · W 38–13; offense 86.3 percentile2019 Week 7: Utah at Oregon State · W 52–7; offense 82.5 percentile2019 Week 8: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 21–3; offense 31.7 percentile2019 Week 9: Utah vs. California · W 35–0; offense 93.2 percentile2019 Week 10: Utah at Washington · W 33–28; offense 62.4 percentile2019 Week 12: Utah vs. UCLA · W 49–3; offense 92.4 percentile2019 Week 13: Utah at Arizona · W 35–7; offense 91.6 percentile2019 Week 14: Utah vs. Colorado · W 45–15; offense 82.3 percentile2019 Week 15: Utah vs. Oregon · L 15–37; offense 23.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Utah vs. Texas · L 10–38; offense 9.7 percentile2020 Week 12: Utah vs. USC · L 17–33; offense 13.7 percentile2020 Week 13: Utah at Washington · L 21–24; offense 61.1 percentile2020 Week 14: Utah vs. Oregon State · W 30–24; offense 31.5 percentile2020 Week 15: Utah at Colorado · W 38–21; offense 44.9 percentile2020 Week 16: Utah vs. Washington State · W 45–28; offense 51.5 percentile2021 Week 1: Utah vs. Weber State · W 40–17; offense 46.2 percentile2021 Week 2: Utah at BYU · L 17–26; offense 52.6 percentile2021 Week 3: Utah at San Diego State · L 31–33; offense 16.9 percentile2021 Week 4: Utah vs. Washington State · W 24–13; offense 50.9 percentile2021 Week 6: Utah at USC · W 42–26; offense 91.0 percentile2021 Week 7: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 35–21; offense 95.3 percentile2021 Week 8: Utah at Oregon State · L 34–42; offense 56.5 percentile2021 Week 9: Utah vs. UCLA · W 44–24; offense 96.4 percentile2021 Week 10: Utah at Stanford · W 52–7; offense 99.7 percentile2021 Week 11: Utah at Arizona · W 38–29; offense 80.6 percentile2021 Week 12: Utah vs. Oregon · W 38–7; offense 84.3 percentile2021 Week 14: Utah vs. Oregon · W 38–10; offense 63.2 percentile2021 Week 1: Utah vs. Ohio State · L 45–48; offense 76.2 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah at Florida · L 26–29; offense 76.6 percentile2022 Week 3: Utah vs. San Diego State · W 35–7; offense 96.1 percentile2022 Week 4: Utah at Arizona State · W 34–13; offense 54.7 percentile2022 Week 5: Utah vs. Oregon State · W 42–16; offense 75.4 percentile2022 Week 6: Utah at UCLA · L 32–42; offense 74.1 percentile2022 Week 7: Utah vs. USC · W 43–42; offense 73.0 percentile2022 Week 9: Utah at Washington State · W 21–17; offense 37.1 percentile2022 Week 10: Utah vs. Arizona · W 45–20; offense 63.3 percentile2022 Week 11: Utah vs. Stanford · W 42–7; offense 84.7 percentile2022 Week 12: Utah at Oregon · L 17–20; offense 22.4 percentile2022 Week 13: Utah at Colorado · W 63–21; offense 89.6 percentile2022 Week 14: Utah vs. USC · W 47–24; offense 90.4 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah vs. Penn State · L 21–35; offense 72.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Utah vs. Florida · W 24–11; offense 13.3 percentile2023 Week 2: Utah at Baylor · W 20–13; offense 21.0 percentile2023 Week 3: Utah vs. Weber State · W 31–7; offense 14.9 percentile2023 Week 4: Utah vs. UCLA · W 14–7; offense 8.9 percentile2023 Week 5: Utah at Oregon State · L 7–21; offense 1.4 percentile2023 Week 7: Utah vs. California · W 34–14; offense 80.0 percentile2023 Week 8: Utah at USC · W 34–32; offense 65.7 percentile2023 Week 9: Utah vs. Oregon · L 6–35; offense 7.0 percentile2023 Week 10: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 55–3; offense 64.1 percentile2023 Week 11: Utah at Washington · L 28–35; offense 78.7 percentile2023 Week 12: Utah at Arizona · L 18–42; offense 46.0 percentile2023 Week 13: Utah vs. Colorado · W 23–17; offense 70.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Utah vs. Northwestern · L 7–14; offense 7.3 percentile2024 Week 1: Utah vs. Southern Utah · W 49–0; offense 60.9 percentile2024 Week 2: Utah vs. Baylor · W 23–12; offense 27.8 percentile2024 Week 3: Utah at Utah State · W 38–21; offense 28.7 percentile2024 Week 4: Utah at Oklahoma State · W 22–19; offense 7.7 percentile2024 Week 5: Utah vs. Arizona · L 10–23; offense 4.2 percentile2024 Week 7: Utah at Arizona State · L 19–27; offense 51.5 percentile2024 Week 8: Utah vs. TCU · L 7–13; offense 5.8 percentile2024 Week 11: Utah vs. BYU · L 21–22; offense 54.7 percentile2024 Week 12: Utah at Colorado · L 24–49; offense 15.8 percentile2024 Week 13: Utah vs. Iowa State · L 28–31; offense 15.4 percentile2024 Week 14: Utah at UCF · W 28–14; offense 8.5 percentile2025 Week 2: Utah vs. Cal Poly · W 63–9; offense 72.5 percentile2025 Week 3: Utah at Wyoming · W 31–6; offense 93.5 percentile2025 Week 4: Utah vs. Texas Tech · L 10–34; offense 46.0 percentile2025 Week 5: Utah at West Virginia · W 48–14; offense 85.3 percentile2025 Week 7: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 42–10; offense 99.0 percentile2025 Week 8: Utah at BYU · L 21–24; offense 57.3 percentile2025 Week 9: Utah vs. Colorado · W 53–7; offense 88.4 percentile2025 Week 10: Utah vs. Cincinnati · W 45–14; offense 74.6 percentile2025 Week 12: Utah at Baylor · W 55–28; offense 97.6 percentile2025 Week 13: Utah vs. Kansas State · W 51–47; offense 96.5 percentile2025 Week 14: Utah at Kansas · W 31–21; offense 86.4 percentile2025 Week 1: Utah vs. Nebraska · W 44–22; offense 95.9 percentile2026 Week 1: Utah vs. Idaho · W 66–14; offense 93.2 percentile2014 offense season mean: 41.0 percentile2015 offense season mean: 44.1 percentile2016 offense season mean: 46.1 percentile2017 offense season mean: 39.0 percentile2018 offense season mean: 56.5 percentile2019 offense season mean: 70.0 percentile2020 offense season mean: 39.1 percentile2021 offense season mean: 77.1 percentile2022 offense season mean: 73.1 percentile2023 offense season mean: 30.6 percentile2024 offense season mean: 21.1 percentile2025 offense season mean: 88.0 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 88.6 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 93.2 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Utah vs. Idaho State · W 56–14; defense 31.7 percentile2014 Week 2: Utah vs. Fresno State · W 59–27; defense 94.2 percentile2014 Week 4: Utah at Michigan · W 26–10; defense 74.7 percentile2014 Week 5: Utah vs. Washington State · L 27–28; defense 49.7 percentile2014 Week 6: Utah at UCLA · W 30–28; defense 52.8 percentile2014 Week 8: Utah at Oregon State · W 29–23; defense 89.7 percentile2014 Week 9: Utah vs. USC · W 24–21; defense 81.8 percentile2014 Week 10: Utah at Arizona State · L 16–19; defense 66.0 percentile2014 Week 11: Utah vs. Oregon · L 27–51; defense 56.0 percentile2014 Week 12: Utah at Stanford · W 20–17; defense 74.2 percentile2014 Week 13: Utah vs. Arizona · L 10–42; defense 28.6 percentile2014 Week 14: Utah at Colorado · W 38–34; defense 29.7 percentile2014 Week 1: Utah vs. Colorado State · W 45–10; defense 99.4 percentile2015 Week 1: Utah vs. Michigan · W 24–17; defense 75.6 percentile2015 Week 2: Utah vs. Utah State · W 24–14; defense 51.3 percentile2015 Week 3: Utah at Fresno State · W 45–24; defense 32.4 percentile2015 Week 4: Utah at Oregon · W 62–20; defense 71.5 percentile2015 Week 6: Utah vs. California · W 30–24; defense 53.5 percentile2015 Week 7: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 34–18; defense 97.8 percentile2015 Week 8: Utah at USC · L 24–42; defense 62.0 percentile2015 Week 9: Utah vs. Oregon State · W 27–12; defense 67.2 percentile2015 Week 10: Utah at Washington · W 34–23; defense 73.4 percentile2015 Week 11: Utah at Arizona · L 30–37; defense 65.3 percentile2015 Week 12: Utah vs. UCLA · L 9–17; defense 83.6 percentile2015 Week 13: Utah vs. Colorado · W 20–14; defense 71.7 percentile2015 Week 1: Utah vs. BYU · W 35–28; defense 63.8 percentile2016 Week 1: Utah vs. Southern Utah · W 24–0; defense 77.9 percentile2016 Week 2: Utah vs. BYU · W 20–19; defense 66.6 percentile2016 Week 3: Utah at San José State · W 34–17; defense 72.9 percentile2016 Week 4: Utah vs. USC · W 31–27; defense 25.7 percentile2016 Week 5: Utah at California · L 23–28; defense 22.1 percentile2016 Week 6: Utah vs. Arizona · W 36–23; defense 47.8 percentile2016 Week 7: Utah at Oregon State · W 19–14; defense 96.6 percentile2016 Week 8: Utah at UCLA · W 52–45; defense 31.6 percentile2016 Week 9: Utah vs. Washington · L 24–31; defense 48.4 percentile2016 Week 11: Utah at Arizona State · W 49–26; defense 62.4 percentile2016 Week 12: Utah vs. Oregon · L 28–30; defense 40.6 percentile2016 Week 13: Utah at Colorado · L 22–27; defense 71.9 percentile2016 Week 1: Utah vs. Indiana · W 26–24; defense 69.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Utah vs. North Dakota · W 37–16; defense 50.1 percentile2017 Week 2: Utah at BYU · W 19–13; defense 61.6 percentile2017 Week 3: Utah vs. San José State · W 54–16; defense 84.8 percentile2017 Week 4: Utah at Arizona · W 30–24; defense 84.1 percentile2017 Week 6: Utah vs. Stanford · L 20–23; defense 56.5 percentile2017 Week 7: Utah at USC · L 27–28; defense 56.2 percentile2017 Week 8: Utah vs. Arizona State · L 10–30; defense 54.3 percentile2017 Week 9: Utah at Oregon · L 20–41; defense 30.2 percentile2017 Week 10: Utah vs. UCLA · W 48–17; defense 81.1 percentile2017 Week 11: Utah vs. Washington State · L 25–33; defense 72.4 percentile2017 Week 12: Utah at Washington · L 30–33; defense 28.8 percentile2017 Week 13: Utah vs. Colorado · W 34–13; defense 39.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Utah vs. West Virginia · W 30–14; defense 99.5 percentile2018 Week 1: Utah vs. Weber State · W 41–10; defense 91.2 percentile2018 Week 2: Utah at Northern Illinois · W 17–6; defense 86.5 percentile2018 Week 3: Utah vs. Washington · L 7–21; defense 64.8 percentile2018 Week 5: Utah at Washington State · L 24–28; defense 68.4 percentile2018 Week 6: Utah at Stanford · W 40–21; defense 43.0 percentile2018 Week 7: Utah vs. Arizona · W 42–10; defense 88.4 percentile2018 Week 8: Utah vs. USC · W 41–28; defense 92.3 percentile2018 Week 9: Utah at UCLA · W 41–10; defense 61.2 percentile2018 Week 10: Utah at Arizona State · L 20–38; defense 25.4 percentile2018 Week 11: Utah vs. Oregon · W 32–25; defense 53.6 percentile2018 Week 12: Utah at Colorado · W 30–7; defense 97.1 percentile2018 Week 13: Utah vs. BYU · W 35–27; defense 66.1 percentile2018 Week 14: Utah vs. Washington · L 3–10; defense 88.8 percentile2018 Week 1: Utah vs. Northwestern · L 20–31; defense 80.2 percentile2019 Week 1: Utah at BYU · W 30–12; defense 80.3 percentile2019 Week 2: Utah vs. Northern Illinois · W 35–17; defense 40.6 percentile2019 Week 3: Utah vs. Idaho State · W 31–0; defense 86.6 percentile2019 Week 4: Utah at USC · L 23–30; defense 54.4 percentile2019 Week 5: Utah vs. Washington State · W 38–13; defense 73.0 percentile2019 Week 7: Utah at Oregon State · W 52–7; defense 99.2 percentile2019 Week 8: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 21–3; defense 98.1 percentile2019 Week 9: Utah vs. California · W 35–0; defense 97.8 percentile2019 Week 10: Utah at Washington · W 33–28; defense 54.2 percentile2019 Week 12: Utah vs. UCLA · W 49–3; defense 79.4 percentile2019 Week 13: Utah at Arizona · W 35–7; defense 99.0 percentile2019 Week 14: Utah vs. Colorado · W 45–15; defense 88.1 percentile2019 Week 15: Utah vs. Oregon · L 15–37; defense 73.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Utah vs. Texas · L 10–38; defense 19.6 percentile2020 Week 12: Utah vs. USC · L 17–33; defense 67.7 percentile2020 Week 13: Utah at Washington · L 21–24; defense 71.8 percentile2020 Week 14: Utah vs. Oregon State · W 30–24; defense 69.4 percentile2020 Week 15: Utah at Colorado · W 38–21; defense 64.5 percentile2020 Week 16: Utah vs. Washington State · W 45–28; defense 72.7 percentile2021 Week 1: Utah vs. Weber State · W 40–17; defense 48.2 percentile2021 Week 2: Utah at BYU · L 17–26; defense 67.3 percentile2021 Week 3: Utah at San Diego State · L 31–33; defense 91.6 percentile2021 Week 4: Utah vs. Washington State · W 24–13; defense 75.8 percentile2021 Week 6: Utah at USC · W 42–26; defense 51.4 percentile2021 Week 7: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 35–21; defense 56.1 percentile2021 Week 8: Utah at Oregon State · L 34–42; defense 4.7 percentile2021 Week 9: Utah vs. UCLA · W 44–24; defense 58.0 percentile2021 Week 10: Utah at Stanford · W 52–7; defense 65.3 percentile2021 Week 11: Utah at Arizona · W 38–29; defense 41.9 percentile2021 Week 12: Utah vs. Oregon · W 38–7; defense 95.7 percentile2021 Week 14: Utah vs. Oregon · W 38–10; defense 99.1 percentile2021 Week 1: Utah vs. Ohio State · L 45–48; defense 28.8 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah at Florida · L 26–29; defense 4.0 percentile2022 Week 3: Utah vs. San Diego State · W 35–7; defense 94.8 percentile2022 Week 4: Utah at Arizona State · W 34–13; defense 96.5 percentile2022 Week 5: Utah vs. Oregon State · W 42–16; defense 65.8 percentile2022 Week 6: Utah at UCLA · L 32–42; defense 24.3 percentile2022 Week 7: Utah vs. USC · W 43–42; defense 28.5 percentile2022 Week 9: Utah at Washington State · W 21–17; defense 60.8 percentile2022 Week 10: Utah vs. Arizona · W 45–20; defense 79.4 percentile2022 Week 11: Utah vs. Stanford · W 42–7; defense 92.8 percentile2022 Week 12: Utah at Oregon · L 17–20; defense 94.3 percentile2022 Week 13: Utah at Colorado · W 63–21; defense 99.1 percentile2022 Week 14: Utah vs. USC · W 47–24; defense 93.8 percentile2022 Week 1: Utah vs. Penn State · L 21–35; defense 21.4 percentile2023 Week 1: Utah vs. Florida · W 24–11; defense 82.8 percentile2023 Week 2: Utah at Baylor · W 20–13; defense 68.0 percentile2023 Week 3: Utah vs. Weber State · W 31–7; defense 79.0 percentile2023 Week 4: Utah vs. UCLA · W 14–7; defense 98.9 percentile2023 Week 5: Utah at Oregon State · L 7–21; defense 87.6 percentile2023 Week 7: Utah vs. California · W 34–14; defense 69.7 percentile2023 Week 8: Utah at USC · W 34–32; defense 67.0 percentile2023 Week 9: Utah vs. Oregon · L 6–35; defense 35.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 55–3; defense 98.3 percentile2023 Week 11: Utah at Washington · L 28–35; defense 47.5 percentile2023 Week 12: Utah at Arizona · L 18–42; defense 13.9 percentile2023 Week 13: Utah vs. Colorado · W 23–17; defense 46.4 percentile2023 Week 1: Utah vs. Northwestern · L 7–14; defense 86.6 percentile2024 Week 1: Utah vs. Southern Utah · W 49–0; defense 69.3 percentile2024 Week 2: Utah vs. Baylor · W 23–12; defense 98.3 percentile2024 Week 3: Utah at Utah State · W 38–21; defense 75.5 percentile2024 Week 4: Utah at Oklahoma State · W 22–19; defense 92.0 percentile2024 Week 5: Utah vs. Arizona · L 10–23; defense 47.6 percentile2024 Week 7: Utah at Arizona State · L 19–27; defense 75.5 percentile2024 Week 8: Utah vs. TCU · L 7–13; defense 91.2 percentile2024 Week 11: Utah vs. BYU · L 21–22; defense 96.2 percentile2024 Week 12: Utah at Colorado · L 24–49; defense 52.1 percentile2024 Week 13: Utah vs. Iowa State · L 28–31; defense 44.4 percentile2024 Week 14: Utah at UCF · W 28–14; defense 92.5 percentile2025 Week 2: Utah vs. Cal Poly · W 63–9; defense 53.7 percentile2025 Week 3: Utah at Wyoming · W 31–6; defense 76.5 percentile2025 Week 4: Utah vs. Texas Tech · L 10–34; defense 62.1 percentile2025 Week 5: Utah at West Virginia · W 48–14; defense 70.8 percentile2025 Week 7: Utah vs. Arizona State · W 42–10; defense 71.7 percentile2025 Week 8: Utah at BYU · L 21–24; defense 65.7 percentile2025 Week 9: Utah vs. Colorado · W 53–7; defense 95.9 percentile2025 Week 10: Utah vs. Cincinnati · W 45–14; defense 64.5 percentile2025 Week 12: Utah at Baylor · W 55–28; defense 60.2 percentile2025 Week 13: Utah vs. Kansas State · W 51–47; defense 1.7 percentile2025 Week 14: Utah at Kansas · W 31–21; defense 30.2 percentile2025 Week 1: Utah vs. Nebraska · W 44–22; defense 66.6 percentile2026 Week 1: Utah vs. Idaho · W 66–14; defense 51.4 percentile2014 defense season mean: 69.5 percentile2015 defense season mean: 69.4 percentile2016 defense season mean: 58.5 percentile2017 defense season mean: 66.3 percentile2018 defense season mean: 75.9 percentile2019 defense season mean: 82.6 percentile2020 defense season mean: 69.3 percentile2021 defense season mean: 64.7 percentile2022 defense season mean: 73.3 percentile2023 defense season mean: 73.7 percentile2024 defense season mean: 81.4 percentile2025 defense season mean: 59.3 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 58.4 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 51.4 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2025Kyle Whittingham / Morgan Scalley
2026Morgan Scalley

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateMorgan ScalleyCoaching change1
88.6 estimate93.2 games-only average
58.4 estimate51.4 games-only average
2025Kyle Whittingham / Morgan ScalleyCoaching change1288.059.3
2024Kyle Whittingham1121.181.4
2023Kyle Whittingham1330.673.7
2022Kyle Whittingham1373.173.3
2021Kyle Whittingham1377.164.7
2020Kyle Whittingham539.169.3
2019Kyle Whittingham1470.082.6
2018Kyle Whittingham1456.575.9
2017Kyle Whittingham1339.066.3
2016Kyle Whittingham1346.158.5
2015Kyle Whittingham1344.169.4
2014Kyle Whittingham1341.069.5