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Utah has arrived at the first of two bye weeks this season with a 4-1 record.

After a 34-10 loss against Texas Tech in late September, the Utes bounced back with a 48-14 victory at West Virginia to head into the bye week off a win for the first time in three years.

The Utes — dealing with injuries to a few key players — will rest and recuperate this week before embarking on the second half of the schedule, starting with Arizona State next Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

The loss to Texas Tech leaves the Utes with little margin of error in the conference title race, but as October begins, Utah still has all of its preseason goals in front

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