The Stanford Cardinal (3-6, 1-6 Pac-12) meet the No. 13 Utah Utes (7-2, 5-1) Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. Kickoff is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Stanford vs. Utah odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
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After a slow start, Stanford pulled within a game of .500 with back-to-back wins at Notre Dame (Oct. 15) and home to Arizona State (Oct. 22). However, the Cardinal have lost consecutive games at UCLA (Oct. 29) and home to Washington State (last Saturday) by 25 or more points, sinking to the basement of the Pac-12.
Utah is still alive and well for a possible spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game, although it needs to win out, and it needs help, too.
The Utes offense has done its part this season, going for 32 or more points in 7 of the past 8 games, while the defense has thrown a blanket on the opposition in the past 2 outings by allowing just 18.5 PPG.
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Stanford at Utah odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:48 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Stanford +850 (bet $100 to win $850) | Utah -1800 (bet $1,800 to win $100)
- Against the spread: Stanford +23.5 (-110) | Utah -23.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 53.5 (O: -112 | U: -108)
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Stanford at Utah picks and predictions
Prediction
Utah 45, Stanford 17
Moneyline
Utah (-2000) will cost you 20 times your potential return, or basically a $5 profit for every $100 risked. There is just no value in playing crazy moneylines like that.
PASS.
UTAH -23.5 (-110) comes with a little risk, as laying more than 3 TDs in a conference game is always a tall order.
However, Stanford appears to have waved the white flag in the past 2 games with a 38-point loss at home against Washington State, and a 25-point loss at USC. The Cardinal have allowed 215.9 rushing yards per game, good for 125th in the nation, and this D is yielding 31.3 PPG.
Utah is rolling up 39.0 PPG, 12th in the country, so the Utes should really be able to make Stanford’s stay in SLC an unpleasant one.
Over/Under
OVER 53.5 (-112) is the lean here, mainly due to Stanford’s D, or lack thereof.
Utah is good for 34 or more points in 7 of the past 8 outings, and it’s almost unimaginable that it won’t at least get into the 40s here. Stanford won’t have to do much to get this one across the finish line for an Over result.
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