Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 10:15 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Colorado · Conference game
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5-0 · Power #10
27
▲ winner
Final
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2-3 · Power #63
24
final
Closing spread
UTAH -15.5
✓ COLO W
Total
49.5
▲ Over · 51 pts
Model before kickoff
UTAH 33–17 COLO
✓ UTAH (87%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenUTAH -16.5
CloseUTAH -15.5
Total49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Colorado
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Pre-kickoff prices from ESPN · tap a dot
Opened UTAH -16.5 · closed UTAH -15.5 · moved 1 toward COLOmodel UTAH -18
Opened 49.5 · unchangedmodel 49.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 14.5–16.5 since 2023: won 87%, covered 56% (45 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 49% (395 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenUTAH -16.5
CloseUTAH -15.5
Total49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Prices

DraftKings · prices at kickoff
BookSpreadTotalMoneyline
UTAHCOLOOverUnderUTAHCOLO
DraftKingsDK-15.5-112+15.5-10849.5-11049.5-110-800+550

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like UTAH as a 15.5-point road favorite at COLO, the favorite won 8, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: UTAH won 27–24; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 51 points went over 49.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 87%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 49%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 10.1 against an average line of 14.4; 43.1 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 3 · very close · similar total & situation
-1430–13 W U47.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-143–24 L U46.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & total
-17.541–7 W U53
Close
2025 · Week 13 · close · similar total
-17.534–17 L O49
Close
2026 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & spread
-13.524–17 L U51.5
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & season form
-11.521–29 L U54
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread
-13.516–13 L U49.5
Close
2025 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & rest
-12.516–13 L U45.5
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & total
-18.552–10 W O46
Close
2025 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & total
-11.529–22 L O47.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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 4 trends and market moves behind it
Strong Utah ATS trend Miss
Strong-or-stronger ATS leans went 52-45 (54%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

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 ATS trend (5-0)
Utah have covered 100% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Utah 5-0 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Colorado ATS struggles (1-4)
Colorado have covered only 20% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Colorado 1-3 ATS as an underdog
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UTAH+14.7 →+18.8▲ 4.1#9
COLO−0.7 →0.0▲ 0.7#70
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

UTAH
Longer bar = better
COLO
#5
Offense
◀ UTAH better
#115
#11
Defense
◀ UTAH better
#46
+0.6 #27
Turnovers
◀ UTAH better
−1.2 #133
70 plays #34
Pace
COLO faster ▶
74 plays #8
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UTAH has the ball
Advantage: UTAH offense
UTAH offCOLO defEdge
Points / game 42.8 #5 25.4 #81 UTAH
Yards / play 7.19 #9 5.03 #42 UTAH
PPA / play +0.38 #2 0.00 #30 UTAH
Success rate 53% #4 37% #31 UTAH
When COLO has the ball
Advantage: UTAH defense
COLO offUTAH defEdge
Points / game 18.6 #126 13.0 #5 UTAH
Yards / play 5.30 #113 4.43 #12 UTAH
PPA / play 0.00 #122 −0.03 #18 UTAH
Success rate 40% #100 34% #8 UTAH

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
UTAH scoring against the COLO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UTAH scored
13.6
#1
12.6
#20
26.2
#3
6.8
#52
9.8
#18
16.6
#27
COLO allowed
3.4
#39
8.2
#84
11.6
#66
5.2
#80
8.6
#120
13.8
#109
COLO scoring against the UTAH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
COLO scored
6.2
#70
5.6
#119
11.8
#102
2.6
#130
4.2
#122
6.8
#135
UTAH allowed
0.6
#1
5.4
#33
6.0
#6
4.2
#57
2.8
#6
7.0
#15

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
COLO +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 7 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UTAH7d
COLO14d bye
COLO +7 days
Tempo
Fast 144 plays
slowavg 133fast

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