Sat, Nov 16, 2024, 12:00 PM ESTWeek 12 · at Colorado · Conference game
Closing spread
COLO -13.5
✓ COLO W
Total
43.5
▲ Over · 73 pts
Model before kickoff
UTAH 16–29 COLO
✓ COLO (81%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCOLO -10
CloseCOLO -13.5
Total48.5 → 43.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenCOLO -10
3.5 → COLO
CloseCOLO -13.5
3.5 pts toward Colorado
Total
Open48.5
▼ 5
Close43.5
Down 5 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened COLO -10 · closed COLO -13.5 · moved 3.5 toward COLOmodel COLO -8.5
model COLO -8.5
Opened 48.5 · closed 43.5 · moved 5 downmodel 44.5
model 44.5
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Line context
Home favorites of 12.5–14.5 since 2023: won 83%, covered 46% (75 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 44% (59 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCOLO -10
CloseCOLO -13.5
Total48.5 → 43.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
COLO as a 13.5-point home favorite against UTAH, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: COLO won 49–24; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 73 points went over 43.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 80%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 51%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.7 against an average line of 12.4; 58.3 points a game (usually 54.7). Of the 3 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & situation |
-12.5 | 37–7 | W | U48.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & total |
-10 | 28–0 | W | U45 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar situation |
-10.5 | 13–23 | L | U45 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total |
-10.5 | 40–20 | W | O45 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 10 · loose · similar situation |
-12.5 | 39–33 | L | O50.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 7 · loose · similar spread & situation |
-12.5 | 34–27 | L | O42 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-14.5 | 45–29 | W | O42 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest |
-15.5 | 24–21 | L | U48.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest & season form |
-7.5 | 31–38 | L | O47.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 4 · loose · similar total |
-17.5 | 59–35 | W | O44 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found
Signals
The data signal, and 6 trends and market moves behind it
Strong Colorado ATS trend Hit
Strong-or-stronger ATS leans went 52-45 (54%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.
Utah away ATS weakness (1-3)
Weak against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 216-236 (48%)
Colorado ATS trend (7-1)
Colorado have covered 88% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Colorado 3-1 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Colorado 4-1 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Market moved toward Colorado
3.5 pts (COLO -10 → COLO -13.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 5
48.5 → 43.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 210 earlier overs in games with totals 39.5–47.5, 34% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-6 40% | 3-7 30% | 2-8 20% | |
| 7-3 70% | 8-1 89% | 6-3 67% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
UTAH 37–33 COLO (3 tied)
UTAH leads · 73 games since 1903 · UTAH has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 2023 | Colorado 17 @ Utah 23 | UTAH -21.5 | COLO W |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UTAH+6.4 →+3.6▼ 2.8#54
COLO+0.6 →+8.7▲ 8.1#28
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW11
Longer bar = better
#108
Offense
COLO better ▶#45
#14
Defense
◀ UTAH better#44
−0.8 #118
Turnovers
COLO better ▶+0.8 #24
66 plays #81
Pace
COLO faster ▶67 plays #63
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| UTAH off | COLO def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 22.6 #108 | 22.6 #51 | COLO |
| Yards / play | 5.51 #93 | 5.30 #53 | COLO |
| PPA / play | +0.02 #115 | +0.02 #31 | COLO |
| Success rate | 38% #116 | 39% #39 | COLO |
| COLO off | UTAH def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 32.4 #37 | 17.1 #11 | UTAH |
| Yards / play | 5.91 #62 | 4.94 #30 | UTAH |
| PPA / play | +0.19 #43 | −0.03 #12 | UTAH |
| Success rate | 46% #38 | 34% #2 | UTAH |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
UTAH scoring against the COLO defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.4 #96 | 9.4 #46 | 13.9 #68 | 4.7 #98 | 4.0 #128 | 8.7 #123 | |
7.9 #115 | 7.3 #64 | 15.2 #96 | 2.7 #10 | 4.7 #23 | 7.3 #11 |
COLO scoring against the UTAH defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.8 #32 | 8.2 #74 | 16.0 #49 | 8.4 #27 | 7.2 #61 | 15.7 #33 | |
2.4 #12 | 5.3 #27 | 7.8 #11 | 3.9 #27 | 5.4 #46 | 9.3 #20 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
47° · 2 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UTAH7d
COLO7d
Even
Tempo
Average 133 plays
slowavg 134fast
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