University of Utah

Public university in Salt Lake City

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2025 Utah will play conference and non-conference games including matches against Arizona State, BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, and other Big-12 opponents.
2025 Utah ski team won the combined national championship.
2025 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team transitions to the Big 12 Conference for the first time in the program's history during the 2024-25 season.
February 24 2025 University of Utah fires fourth-year head coach Craig Smith, marking a significant mid-season coaching change for the men's basketball team.
February 24 2025 Josh Eilert is named interim head coach following Craig Smith's dismissal, taking over leadership of the Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
2024 Utah Utes football transitions to the Big 12 Conference.
2024 Utah will play non-conference games against UCLA, Idaho, Miami (FL), Utah Tech, Weber State, LSU, and Wisconsin.
2024 BYU defeats Utah 22-21, establishing a two-game winning streak in the rivalry.
2024 The S.J. Quinney College of Law was ranked #28 in the U.S. News 'Best Law Schools' rankings, highlighting its national academic standing.
2024 Utah accepted an automatic bid to the 2024 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), becoming the only Pac-12 team to do so. This marked the program's first postseason tournament appearance since the 2018 NIT.
2024 Utah Utes men's basketball team completed their 2023-24 season with a record of 22-15, finishing 9-11 in Pac-12 conference play and tying for 6th place.
2024 Utah won their first-round game against Arizona State in the 2024 Pac-12 men's tournament, then lost to Colorado in the quarterfinals.
2024 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team begins its first season in the Big 12 Conference under head coach Craig Smith.
2024 Utah advanced to the semi-finals of the 2024 NIT before being eliminated by the Indiana State Sycamores.
2023 Repeat Rose Bowl appearance in the College Football Playoff (CFP) era.
2023 Total student enrollment reached 35,236, with 26,827 undergraduate and 8,409 graduate students.
2023 Utah skiing team won the combined national championship.
November 1 2023 Utah's Big-12 opponents from 2024 through 2027 were revealed, establishing a protected annual rivalry game with BYU.
August 4 2023 Utah announced it would join the Big 12 Conference starting the 2024-25 academic year, along with Arizona, Arizona State, and Colorado.
2022 Utah defeated USC 47-24 in the Pac-12 conference title game to win back-to-back championships.
2022 First Rose Bowl appearance in the College Football Playoff (CFP) era.
2022 Received $670 million in research and development funding from the National Science Foundation, ranking 47th in the nation.
2022 Utah skiing team won the combined national championship.
January 1 2022 Kyle Whittingham coached the team in another Rose Bowl appearance, losing to Penn State 21-35.
2021 Aaron Lowe's number was retired by the Utah Utes football program.
2021 The '22 Seconds of Loudness' tradition begins at the start of the football season, honoring Ty Jordan by creating a moment of loudness between the third and fourth quarters of every home game.
2021 The Ken Garff Performance Zone opened, enclosing the south end of Rice-Eccles Stadium and adding premium spaces.
2021 Utah won the Pac-12 South division championship by defeating Oregon with a decisive score of 38-10.
2021 Ty Jordan's number 22 was retired by the Utah Utes football program.
2021 Aaron Lowe, who was the recipient of the Ty Jordan memorial scholarship and wore number 22 to honor Jordan, was fatally shot during the football season, further expanding the meaning of the '22 Seconds of Loudness' tradition.
2021 Kyle Whittingham coaches the team to a Pac-12 Conference championship with an 8-1 conference record.
2021 BYU breaks a nine-game losing streak against Utah, winning 26-17.
2021 Craig Smith takes over as head coach, serving until 2025 with a 65-62 record.
2021 Utah skiing team won the combined national championship.
January 1 2021 Utah Utes played in the Rose Bowl under Kyle Whittingham, narrowly losing to Ohio State 45-48.
2020 Ty Jordan joined the Utah Utes football team as a Running Back (RB).
2020 Ty Jordan, Utah running back, passed away during the offseason, leading to the creation of the '22 Seconds of Loudness' tradition.
2020 Mykayla Skinner, a University of Utah alumna, won a Silver Medal in Olympic Gymnastics for Vault.
2020 University of Utah issued an official statement recognizing the historical events of 1915 as the Armenian genocide, responding to a student complaint and community concerns about genocide denial content associated with the Turkish Studies Program.
September 2020 Undergraduate demographic data was collected and reported for Fall 2020, providing insights into the student body's racial, ethnic, and economic composition.
2019 Aaron Lowe joined the Utah Utes football team as a Cornerback (CB).
2019 Utah competed in the Pac-12 South division championship, but lost to Oregon with a score of 15-37.
2019 Utah skiing team won the combined national championship.
November 1 2019 Entered into a renewable energy partnership with Rocky Mountain Power and Cyrq Energy, securing a 20-megawatt geothermal energy contract for 25 years that will offset half of the university's electricity production and reduce carbon emissions by 23%.
September 2019 University received 24,404 applications for the Class of 2023, accepting 15,159 (62%) with 4,249 students enrolling for Fall semester.

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