- Utah and BYU won in football, Utah soccer scored five, and smaller-school programs at Westminster, SLCC, Snow and USU Eastern supplied seven more wins in the September 12 statewide recap.
- This story sits inside Utah's football lane and connects to the larger statewide sports picture.
- The story is backed by 22 sources and a visible last-verified date.
September 13, 2026
September 13, 2026
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Utah college teams produced 12 verified wins across football, soccer and volleyball on Saturday, September 12. The statewide board stretched from Big 12 football wins by Utah and BYU to a ranked junior-college soccer doubleheader in Ephraim, a five-set breakthrough for Utah Valley volleyball and a road shutout by Westminster women's soccer.
Every one of Utah's 11 full-coverage schools had a dated September 12 entry or an explicit gap: BYU, Utah, Utah State, Utah Valley, Weber State, Southern Utah, Utah Tech, Westminster, Salt Lake Community College, Snow College and USU Eastern. USU Eastern's mountain-bike events ran across multiple days without a posted team final, and no Utah school played a dated September 12 golf round — the next Utah event, Utah Valley's Wolverine Invitational, began September 14.
Football: Utah and BYU put two wins on the board
Utah beat Arkansas 43-10 in Salt Lake City and moved to 2-0. The Utes supplied the day's widest football margin for a Utah school, holding the Razorbacks to 10 points while clearing 40 for the second straight week.
BYU beat Arizona 28-17 at home, putting a second gold mark on the state's Football Bowl Subdivision board.
The other five football teams faced road tests. Utah State stayed within one score of No. 19 Washington before falling 16-14 in Seattle. The Aggies trailed 16-7, drove 75 yards for a touchdown, and had already answered an earlier Washington field goal with a 78-yard touchdown catch by Javon Robinson. A two-point road loss to a ranked opponent is not a win, but it kept the Aggies inside one score to the finish.
Weber State lost 52-21 at Colorado. Quarterback Nate Dahle threw for 244 yards, and Noah Kjar finished with 121 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Utah Tech fell 35-14 at Montana.
Southern Utah lost 58-24 at Colorado State after briefly turning the game into a contest. The Thunderbirds cut a 24-7 deficit to 24-21 behind two Floyd Chalk touchdown runs. Chalk finished with 144 rushing yards and two scores, Will Burns threw for 233 yards, and Mark Bails Jr. had 138 receiving yards. Colorado State then scored 24 points in the final 3:24 before halftime.
No. 5 Snow College carried a 23-7 halftime lead at Kilgore before losing 35-30. Kilgore's official recap says the Rangers scored 28 points after halftime and overcame six turnovers. Snow threw for 256 yards and added three Ian Sanches field goals before a touchdown with 1:24 left pulled the Badgers within five.
Soccer: four wins, including a Snow sweep of USU Eastern
Utah women's soccer delivered the state's biggest soccer score, winning 5-1 at previously unbeaten Long Beach State. It was a five-goal road statement and the first loss of the season for the Beach.
The junior-college doubleheader in Ephraim guaranteed Utah winners, but Snow took both. The Badger women beat USU Eastern 2-1, then the Snow men beat USU Eastern by the same 2-1 score. Both matches were Utah-versus-Utah, so each one produced a Snow win and a USU Eastern loss on the same board.
Westminster split two road and neutral-site soccer matches. The Griffin women won 1-0 at Northwest Nazarene when Kirsten Kirkham supplied the goal in the 54th minute. Westminster's men lost 1-0 to No. 2 Seattle Pacific in Denver, but the official recap shows how close the match stayed: the Griffins outshot the Falcons 8-6 after halftime and held a 3-2 edge in shots on goal for the full match.
Utah Valley women lost 2-1 to San Diego State in Orem. That was the Wolverines' only Saturday soccer final.
Volleyball: six wins and three five-set stories
Utah Valley beat Radford 3-2 at the Kansas City Klassic for its second win of the season. The Wolverines had taken the first a day earlier, also in five sets, at Kansas City.
Utah Tech completed a two-sweep weekend by beating host UC Irvine 3-0, one day after sweeping San Jose State. The Saturday result moved the Trailblazers to 5-3.
The Bruin Bash in Taylorsville created the busiest Utah volleyball board. SLCC swept Eastern Wyoming 3-0, then beat No. 8 Trinity Valley 3-1. Snow was swept 3-0 by Miami Dade, then answered with a five-set 3-2 win over Odessa. USU Eastern also split, sweeping Eastern Wyoming 3-0 and falling 3-1 to Trinity Valley.
Westminster lost 3-0 to Adams State in Salt Lake City. Southern Utah was swept 3-0 by Washington State in Seattle.
The statewide line
Twelve wins is a wider board than the two football brands that lead most Sunday feeds. Seven of them came from Westminster, SLCC, Snow and USU Eastern: Westminster's women's soccer shutout; SLCC's sweep of Eastern Wyoming and its four-set win over No. 8 Trinity Valley; Snow's two soccer wins and five-set volleyball response; and USU Eastern's volleyball sweep.
The losses belong in the record too. Utah State pushed a ranked Washington team to two points. Westminster's men gave the nation's No. 2 team a one-goal match. Snow football led by 16 at halftime. Southern Utah climbed within three before Colorado State's burst. None of those are moral victories, but each one sets a measurable level for the weeks ahead.
Saturday's Utah pride came from 12 verified wins, three sports and every competitive level represented on the board. The final word belongs to the smaller programs as much as the flagships: Ephraim produced two wins, Taylorsville produced four, and Westminster carried a road clean sheet back to Salt Lake City.
Key facts: Utah college sports on September 12
- Verified Utah-team wins: 12 across football, soccer and volleyball
- Football wins: Utah 43-10 over Arkansas; BYU 28-17 over Arizona
- Soccer wins: Utah women 5-1 at Long Beach State; Westminster women 1-0 at Northwest Nazarene; Snow women and Snow men each beat USU Eastern 2-1
- Volleyball wins: UVU 3-2 over Radford; Utah Tech 3-0 at UC Irvine; SLCC 3-0 over Eastern Wyoming and 3-1 over No. 8 Trinity Valley; Snow 3-2 over Odessa; USU Eastern 3-0 over Eastern Wyoming
- Ranked tests: Utah State football lost 16-14 at No. 19 Washington; Westminster men lost 1-0 to No. 2 Seattle Pacific; No. 5 Snow football led 23-7 at halftime at Kilgore before losing 35-30
- Smaller-school spotlight: Westminster, SLCC, Snow and USU Eastern combined for seven of the 12 wins
- Golf note: No Utah school played a dated September 12 golf round; Utah Valley hosted the Wolverine Invitational beginning September 14
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