College Football Rankings 2016: Projected AP Top 25 after Week 6

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Oct 8, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Utah Utes quarterback Troy Williams (3) passes the ball during the second half against the Arizona Wildcats at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah won 36-23. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports /

The Utes looked listless for most of the first half against Arizona on Saturday night, allowing the Wildcats to storm to a 14-3 lead. It led me to erroneously project Utah out of the Top 25, figuring a loss would cause pollsters to lose confidence in Kyle Whittingham’s team. With the Pac-12 South in relative disarray, it seemed another loss (especially coupled with Stanford’s performance) would result in a drop back out of the rankings into the realm of “Also Receiving Votes” land.

Then Utah got a sack for a safety, scored on the ensuing offensive drive, and went into the locker room down by two. They came out for the second half at full energy, getting a touchdown on the opening drive of the third quarter. After trading punts, Utah turned two interceptions into 10 points and began to pull away with the game. After Utah scored 26 straight, Arizona finally kicked a field goal with 9:04 remaining to finally put more points on the board. But it proved too little too late as Utah

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