Utes, Cougars ranked in magazine's Top 25

Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Jun 18, 2008

Phil Steele's annual College Football Preview has ranked the University of Utah and Brigham Young University among the top 20 teams in its preseason top 25 college football poll.

The Utes are ranked 14th in the publication's preseason poll, while BYU is ranked 17th.

Phil Steele's College Football Preview is on newsstands now, and can be found on the Web at www.philsteele.com.

The rankings:

1. Florida; 2. Ohio State; 3. Oklahoma; 4. USC; 5. Clemson; 6. West Virginia; 7. Missouri; 8. USF; 9. Georgia; 10. Penn State; 11. Texas Tech; 12. Auburn; 13. LSU; 14. Utah; 15. Texas; 16. Virginia Tech; 17. BYU; 18. South Carolina; 19. Notre Dame; 20. California; 21. Wisconsin; 22. Oregon; 23. Tennessee; 24. Florida State; 25. Pittsburgh