The No. 14 Utah Utes (8-3, 6-2 Pac-12) and Colorado Buffaloes (1-10, 1-7) meet in a Pac-12 contest Saturday. Kickoff at Folsom Field in Boulder is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET (Pac-12 Network). Below, we look at Utah at Colorado from Tipico Sportsbook; check back for all our college football picks and predictions.
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Utah, 10th in the College Football Playoff rankings, had its high-scoring 4-game win streak snapped Saturday, when the Utes lost 20-17 to 1-point favorite Oregon. In their 4 previous games, the Utes had scored 151 points and for the season Utah’s 37.3 points per game rank 16th in the nation.
The Buffaloes allowed 40-plus points in a 5th straight loss when they fell Saturday to 30.5-point favorite Washington 54-7. The Pac-12’s worst defense (42.6 PPG) allowed 575 total yards to the Huskies. Colorado has allowed 500-plus yards in 3 of its last 4 games and in 6 games this season.
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Utah at Colorado odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 1:15 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Off the board
- Against the spread (ATS): Utah -29.5 (-110) | Colorado +29.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 52.5 (O: -111 | U: -109)
2022 betting stats
- ML: Utah 8-3 | Colorado 1-10
- ATS: Utah 6-5 | Colorado 2-9
- O/U: Utah 5-6 | Colorado 7-3-1
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Utah vs. Colorado head-to-head
Utah and Colorado 1st met in 1903, and the Buffaloes dominated the early years of a regional tussle that has been played 89 times. The Utes are 9-1 in the last 10 series games and now have a 33-32-3 edge over CU.
The Utes outgained the Buffs 444 yards to 148 in last year’s meeting (Nov. 26, 2021). They did not, however, cover a 24-point spread in a 28-13 victory. The ATS loss broke a string of 5 straight ATS wins for Utah.
Last year’s game was logged as an Under with 53-point total. The Under is 4-2 over the last 6 meetings.
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