College Sports in Southern Utah: Utah Tech and SUU

DixieChatter graphic: College sports records as of Oct. 4, 2026. Utah Tech: Football 0-6 (0-3 Big Sky); Volleyball 11-3 (4-0 Big Sky); Soccer 6-4-1 (2-0 Big Sky). Southern Utah: Football 2-4 (1-2 Big Sky); Volleyball 1-13 (0-4 Big Sky); Soccer 4-6-1 (1-1 Big Sky). Volleyball and soccer are women's. Records via each school's athletics site.

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Utah Tech (St. George) and Southern Utah (Cedar City) in the Big Sky: records, results and what’s next. Records and schedules come from each school’s athletics site. High school sports have their own page: High School.

Battle for the Ax

Final · Sat., Oct. 3
DixieChatter graphic: Battle for the Ax final, Sat., Oct. 3, 2026 at Greater Zion Stadium, St. George. Southern Utah 46, Utah Tech 33 (quarters 15-14-3-14 and 10-10-0-13). The Ax goes to Cedar City. SUU 2-4, 1-2 Big Sky; Utah Tech 0-6, 0-3 Big Sky. Leaders: Will Burns 187 rushing yards, 2 TD; Ran Sawyer 99-yard kickoff return TD; Mike Williams 160 receiving yards. Next: SUU hosts UC Davis Sat., Oct. 17, 6 p.m. MT; Utah Tech at Portland State Sat., Oct. 10.
Southern Utah 46, Utah Tech 33 at Greater Zion Stadium. Stats via Utah Tech and SUU Athletics.
Watch the reel: Southern Utah 46, Utah Tech 33 in the Battle for the Ax.

College football

What’s next
DixieChatter graphic: College football, what's next. Utah Tech (0-6, 0-3 Big Sky): Oct. 10 at Portland State, Oct. 24 at Cal Poly, Oct. 31 vs. Idaho State 1 p.m. MT, Nov. 7 at UC Davis, Nov. 14 vs. Eastern Washington 2 p.m. MT, Nov. 21 at Weber State. Southern Utah (2-4, 1-2 Big Sky): Oct. 17 vs. UC Davis 6 p.m. MT, Oct. 24 at Idaho 3 p.m. MT, Oct. 31 vs. Northern Arizona 1 p.m. MT, Nov. 7 vs. Northern Colorado 1 p.m. MT, Nov. 13 at Portland State 8 p.m. MT, Nov. 21 vs. Chicago State 12 p.m. MT.
Schedules: Utah Tech Athletics · SUU Athletics. Utah Tech’s away kickoff times are on its site.

Volleyball & soccer

Big Sky women’s
DixieChatter graphic: Big Sky women's volleyball and soccer, what's next. Utah Tech — Volleyball: Thu., Oct. 8 vs. Weber State, Sat., Oct. 10 vs. Idaho State, Thu., Oct. 15 at Montana State; Soccer: Thu., Oct. 8 at Weber State, Sun., Oct. 11 at Idaho State, Thu., Oct. 15 vs. Northern Colorado. Southern Utah — Volleyball: Thu., Oct. 8 vs. Idaho State, Sat., Oct. 10 vs. Weber State, Thu., Oct. 15 at Montana; Soccer: Thu., Oct. 8 at Idaho State, Sun., Oct. 11 at Weber State, Thu., Oct. 15 vs. Northern Arizona. Rivalry dates: volleyball Tue., Nov. 10 and soccer Thu., Nov. 5, both Utah Tech at Southern Utah.
Schedules: Utah Tech volleyball · soccer; SUU volleyball · soccer.

The teams

Big Sky Conference

Utah Tech Trailblazers

St. George · football 0-6, volleyball 11-3, soccer 6-4-1

Utah Tech pageOfficial site

Southern Utah Thunderbirds

Cedar City · football 2-4, volleyball 1-13, soccer 4-6-1

SUU pageOfficial site
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