[Mick]

I decided to take all subjectivity out and just go by record, plus add my thoughts on the resulting ranking:

1. Utah (5-0). Underwhelming performance against Kal, but quality victories at Oregon (considering margin of victory) and home against Michigan. Plus, the Kal game counts as a W. Who has three better W's in the Pac? No one. No. 1, and it's well-earned.

I don't really think of the Michigan v. Utah game as a quality win any more than I think of Northwestern's victory over Stanford as a quality win.  Brand new coach, transfer quarterback, starting time of 10:30 p.m. body clock time in a game played at altitude all adds up to massive improvements in games 2 and 3 for the Wolverines.

[Mick]

I decided to take all subjectivity out and just go by record, plus add my thoughts on the resulting ranking:

1. Utah (5-0). Underwhelming performance against Kal, but quality victories at Oregon (considering margin of victory) and home against Michigan. Plus, the Kal game counts as a W. Who has three better W's in the Pac? No one. No. 1, and it's well-earned.

I don't really think of the Michigan v. Utah game as a quality win any more than I think of Northwestern's victory over Stanford as a quality win.  Brand new coach, transfer quarterback, starting time of 10:30 p.m. body clock time in a game played at altitude all adds up to massive improvements in games 2 and 3 for the Wolverines.