After all three of the state’s FBS programs – BYU, Utah, and Utah State – reached 10 wins during the 2021 season, the teams learned of their bowl matchups on Sunday afternoon.

Here is a look at where the teams ranked in this week’s national polls, and who they will play in their respective bowl games to cap off outstanding seasons.

Aggies

After thumping San Diego State for their 10th win of the season and first-ever Mountain West championship, Utah State will be going back to the Golden State for their bowl game.

The Aggies will play in the inaugural Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. They will face Oregon State of the Pac-12 Conference, who finished 7-5 overall (5-4 Pac-12).

This is Utah State’s first bowl game since 2019 (Frisco Bowl), while the Beavers are appearing in the postseason for the first time since winning the 2013 Hawaii Bowl.

Utes

By winning the Pac-12 championship and crushing then No. 10 Oregon for the second time in three weeks on Friday night, the Utes are now headed to their first Rose Bowl.

Appearing in the program’s third New Year’s Six bowl game (2005 Fiesta, 2009 Sugar), Utah is now ranked 10th in the new AP poll and sits at No. 11 in both the Coaches and College Football Playoff polls.

In the Rose Bowl, the Utes will take on No. 6 Ohio State from the Big Ten, who finished 10-2 overall (8-1 Big Ten) and were co-champions of the Big Ten East Division.

Cougars

Wrapping up the regular season two weeks ago with a win over USC, BYU achieved back-to-back 10-win campaigns for the first time since doing it four years in a row from 2006-09.

BYU will now face Alabama-Birmingham of Conference USA in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Blazers finished the year 8-4 overall, 6-2 in Conference USA play.

With the new rankings released on Sunday, the Cougars now occupy the No. 12 spot in the AP poll, 13th in the CFP, and 14th in the Coaches poll.

 

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The founder of Stadium Sportzz and the Sportzz with Spencer podcast, Spencer hopes to one day achieve his dream of working in the world of sports media after completing his Bachelor's degree. Spencer first gained experience in the field of sports writing as a high school senior, where he became the first intern to have a published byline writing for The Spectrum & Daily News in St. George, Utah. Later in the fall of 2017, he was the sports editor for independent campus news source Thunderground and the public address announcer for the women's soccer team at Southern Utah University. Since then, Spencer has worked as a high school sports reporter in St. George, writing for both St. George News and Southern Utah Now. Spencer is also an avid freelancer and has had works appear in the Deseret News, Standard-Examiner, RSL Soapbox, and Fansided's Venom Strikes. Currently, he is a regular contributor to Fan-Insider.com and the UK-based Tottenham site, SpursWeb. When he isn't playing, watching, writing about, or discussing sports, Spencer enjoys working as a part-time athletics PA voice at Utah Tech University and spending time with his amazing wife.

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