TEMPE, ARIZONA - Fifth-ranked Utah showed it definitely belongs among this season's elite college football teams by finishing 12-0 after routing Pittsburgh 35-7 in the Fiesta Bowl.<br>
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The fifth-ranked Utes, behind the cool efficiency of Alex Smith, used their baffling spread offense and an underrated defense to dominate 19th-ranked Pitt. Utah finished 12-0, one of four unbeaten Division I-A teams. It's the Utes' first undefeated season since 1930.<br>
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It gave Utah coach Urban Meyer a nice going-away present. He's moving to Florida to coach the Gators. This was also the final game for Pitt coach Walt Harris, who is the new Stanford coach.<br>
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Smith completed 29-of-37 passes, four of them for touchdowns, for 328 yards. The Utes sacked Pitt's Tyler Palko nine times, a Fiesta Bowl record.<br>
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Smith, a Heisman Trophy finalist who is considering going to the NFL after this season, also rushed 15 times for 68 yards.<br>
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Paris Warren caught 15 passes, breaking the Fiesta record of eleven set by Kellen Winslow of Miami in the 2003 national championship loss to Ohio State.<br>
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Warren, who transferred from Oregon in 2002, had 198 yards receiving. Smith's 78 percent completion rate was also a Fiesta Bowl mark.<br>
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The Utes scored touchdowns on five of its first seven possessions, including all three in the third quarter.
