In-state rivals No. 23 Utah and No. 15 BYU will play in their "Holy War" game for the first time as ranked opponents since 2009 at Provo, Utah, on Saturday night.

BYU was ranked No. 19 and Utah No. 21 when the Cougars won 26-23 in overtime at Provo in November 2009.

The schools about 50 miles apart will play their second Big 12 game against each other after BYU prevailed 22-21 last year at Salt Lake City.

BYU alum Kyle Whittingham, in his 21st year as head coach at Utah (5-1, 2-1), will match wits against Kilani Sitake, who was a member of Whittingham's staff for 10 years at Utah.

"Whether we want to admit it or not, we actually need each other," Sitake said in his weekly press conference Monday. "As I have said before, wishing bad things on others is not good for the soul.

"It has go

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