| Year: | 2001 |
| Team: | Utah Utes |
| Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
| Short Conf: | MW |
| Record: | 8–4 |
| Conf Record: | 4–3 |
| Head Coach: | Ron McBride |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Off Coach: | Craig Ver Steeg |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Kyle Whittingham |
| Dc Year: | 7th |
| Stadium: | Rice-Eccles Stadium (Capacity: 45,634) |
| Champion: | Las Vegas Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Las Vegas Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 10–6 vs. USC |
The Utes went 8–4 in the 2001 season, starting 7–2 before losing the last two conference games. They finished the season with a victory over a Carson Palmer-led USC Trojans team in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl.
Two players went in the 2002 NFL draft, and one player was signed as an undrafted free agent.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club | |
| 3 | 87 | Washington Redskins | |||
| 4 | 132 | Minnesota Vikings | |||
| - | - | Baltimore Ravens |