Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Wyoming
Weather at kickoff56°F6 mphgusts 16DryWeather watch ›
2-0 · Power #8
31
▲ winner
Final
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2-0 · Power #107
6
final
Closing spread
UTAH -24.5
✓ UTAH W
Total
47.5
▼ Under · 37 pts
Model before kickoff
UTAH 33–9 WYO
✓ UTAH (95%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUTAH -22.5
CloseUTAH -24.5
Total48.5 → 47.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Utah
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UTAH -22.5 · closed UTAH -24.5 · moved 2 toward UTAHmodel UTAH -20
Opened 48.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 1 downmodel 42
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (160 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUTAH -22.5
CloseUTAH -24.5
Total48.5 → 47.5
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 4 games most like UTAH as a 24.5-point road favorite at WYO, the favorite won 3, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: UTAH won 31–6; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 4 similar games. 37 points stayed under 47.5, as in 1 of 4.
Favorite won
3 of 475%
Normal range · usually 92%
Favorite covered
3 of 475%
Normal range · usually 43%
Went over
3 of 475%
Normal range · usually 53%

Only 4 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 23.5 against an average line of 23.4; 57.5 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 4 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2024 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & total
-23.538–7 W U48.5
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest
-23.541–7 W O46.5
Loose
2024 · Week 6 · loose
-2335–40 L O53.5
Loose
SYR @ CONN
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-23.548–14 W O49.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Utah ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) 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.

Market moved toward Utah
2 pts (UTAH -22.5 → UTAH -24.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Utah have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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+4.1 →+12.0▲ 7.9#22
WYO−11.9 →−9.8▲ 2.1#107
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

UTAH
Longer bar = better
WYO
#14
Offense
◀ UTAH better
#72
#17
Defense
Even
#9
+1.5 #20
Turnovers
◀ UTAH better
+0.5 #58
77 plays #13
Pace
◀ UTAH faster
69 plays #46
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UTAH has the ball
Even matchup
UTAH offWYO defEdge
Points / game 53.0 #6 3.5 #2 Even
Yards / play 6.60 #36 3.21 #4 WYO
PPA / play +0.43 #11 −0.21 #10 Even
Success rate 61% #3 32% #21 Even
When WYO has the ball
Advantage: UTAH defense
WYO offUTAH defEdge
Points / game 20.5 #106 9.5 #15 UTAH
Yards / play 5.83 #71 4.10 #24 UTAH
PPA / play +0.16 #68 −0.20 #11 UTAH
Success rate 47% #44 32% #18 UTAH

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 101 FBS teams
UTAH scoring against the WYO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UTAH scored
13.5
15.5
29.0
14.0
10.0
24.0
WYO allowed
0.0
3.5
3.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
WYO scoring against the UTAH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WYO scored
3.5
6.5
10.0
3.5
7.0
10.5
UTAH allowed
1.5
5.0
6.5
1.5
1.5
3.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WYO +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
56° · 6 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UTAH7d
WYO7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 146 plays
slowavg 134fast
Altitude
UTAH +2,592 ft
moderate climb

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