For as disappointing a season as this will end up being for UCF, it's been even worse at Utah — the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 and qualify for the College Football Playoff. Relative to when these teams broke fall camp, it's a matchup pitting ...

Utah forced three turnovers and scored two defensive touchdowns, including a 60-yard pick-6 by Zemaiah Vaughn, and the Utes closed their season with a 28-14 win over UCF.

Note: With EA Sports’ College Football 25 bringing college football back to the video game world, the Deseret News is simulating every Utah game against an FBS opponent this season. There’s one Big 12 game in the final week of the regular season that will have no bearing whatsoever on the league race in Week 14 — that is Utah playing at UCF.