Payson is 3-7 through 10 games of the 2026 season, scoring 18.6 points a game and allowing 37.0. The Ledger Rating of -9.5 places them 73rd among all 106 Utah 11-man programs and 19th in 5A. That number is opponent-adjusted and blowout-capped, so beating a good team by a little counts for more than beating a bad one by a lot. Their schedule so far rates +9.2 in difficulty. Projected to finish 3-7.

2026 schedule and results

Date		Opponent	Result	Opp rating
Aug 14	vs	Mountain View	W 20–19	-0.7
Aug 21	at	Juab	L 20–31	+12.5
Aug 28	vs	Kearns	W 46–0	-56.9
Sep 4	vs	Timpview	L 3–48	+17.9
Sep 11	at	Maple Mountain	W 27–22	-6.3
Sep 18	at	Springville	L 0–48	+29.1
Sep 24	vs	Spanish Fork	L 21–49	+13.7
Oct 2	at	Layton Christian Academy	L 21–53	+23.1
Oct 8	vs	Orem	L 28–55	+41.3
Oct 14	at	Pleasant Grove	L 0–45	+17.9

Opponent rating is that team's Ledger Rating, so a loss to a strong team reads differently from a loss to a weak one.

Payson roster

All 45 players we carry for Payson, best grade first. Click any name for his full card — production, recruiting, game log and film, right here on this page. Grade is out of 10 and combines production, recruiting recognition and the quality of the opponents faced. Every player on the roster is here, not only the ones a recruiting service has already found.

Player	Pos	Class	Ht/Wt	Grade
Tyson Hazlett #14	FS/WR	2027		4.23
Carson Wall #7	WR/FS	2028		4.18
Porter Carson #1	OLB/RB	2027		3.82
Cade Muir #53	DE/OT	2027		3.53
Wesley Howard #11	DE/TE	2027		3.30
Valentin Sanchez #12	WR/CB	2027		3.17
Adrian Enriquez #8	LB/FB	2027		2.83
Sylvestre Rodriguez #2	CB/RB	2027		2.77
Crusik Deichman #88	WR/CB	2029		2.62
Mitchell Jensen #75	OL/DL	2027		2.24
Bronx Newbury #19	CB/WR/K	2028		2.20
Peter Jordan #87	DE/TE	2027		2.15
Cael Cottle #50	DE/OT	2028		1.88
Justice Taylor #13	QB	2027		1.85
Connor Ludwig #22	LB/RB	2027		1.28
Trevor Robinson #6	CB/WR	2028		1.22
Landon Robbins #10	QB	2029		1.21
Lukas Thomas #33	RB/LB	2028		0.86
Garrett Marvin #4	FS/WR	2028		0.67
Corver Creviston #52	DE/OT	2028		0.67
Ledger Renzello #20	LB/WR	2028		0.56
Yael Bermudez #21	LB/RB	2028		0.39
Kade Roberts #9	OLB/RB	2029		0.31
R.J. Garamendi #24	WR/OLB	2028		0.28
Crew Provstgaard #17	SS/WR	2029		0.16
Gauge Simmons #85	DE/OL	2027		0.12
Kyler Kerr #25	FS/WR	2028		0.12
Lafomua Vee #65	OL/DL	2028		0.12
Adrian Enriquez-Barahona	LB	2027		0.05
Gregory Muir	EDGE	2027		0.05
Ryker Carson	LB	2027		0.05
Alex Bloomquist #3	S/WR	2027		—
Brently Lloyd #5	CB/WR	2027		—
Brevin Gardner #74	OL/DL	2027		—
Britten Barker #16	WR/CB	2029		—
Caleb Carrick #55	DL/OL	2028		—
Chilton Lee #72	OL/DL	2027		—
Dany Escobar #70	OL/DL	2028		—
Gage Strasburg #32	K/P	2028		—
Houston Trythall #27	CB/RB	2029		—
Jackson Sharp #59	OL/DL	2029		—
Nix Kinder #68	OL/DL	2029		—
Noah Dodgen #49	LB/RB	2027		—
Payton Chidester #15	WR/CB	2028		—
Thomas Cox #64	OL/DL	2028		—

About the program

Head coach: Mike Cole, year 1 at Payson.

State championships: 4 — 1971, 1969, 1943, 1925.

Roster: 42 players, 17 seniors.

Line play

Offensive line — 54.4, 87th statewide

run blocking and measured sacks allowed

Defensive front — 75.8, 39th statewide

run defense and measured pass rush

Both are unit ratings, identical for every lineman on the roster, because sacks and rushing yards are things five men do together.

Recent seasons

Year	Record	Playoffs
2025	2-8	missed playoffs
2024	1-9
2023	7-6	quarterfinal

Transfers

Nobody on this roster has another school on his record. 1 left.

Rivalries

Spanish Fork
Spanish Fork leads 45–28–2 (75 meetings since 1950 on record). Seventy-five meetings is the deepest series either school has, and both are Nebo District schools in adjacent south Utah County towns. The full history ›

5A Region 7

Who else Payson plays in their region, ranked.

The rest of the season

The live rankings carry the week-by-week projection for Payson, the matchup breakdown for every game left, and the playoff picture — all of it updated the same night games finish.

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