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Arkansas at #20Utah

Prediction · week 2, 2026 · Sat Sep 12, 9:15 PM CT / 10:15 PM ET · Rice-Eccles Stadium

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Utah 43, Arkansas 10

Closest: Elo (Utah by 13.3, missed by 19.7). 2 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Utah. The line, shown for comparison only, has Utah by 12.5.

No call was made for this game: Our model had no number for it before kickoff.

SP+ has Utah by 12.2 and Elo has Utah by 13.3. SP+ and Elo are 1.1 points apart.

This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.

Every model

ModelSaysMissed by
SP+
Arkansas +3.3 vs Utah +13.0
Utah by 12.2 ✓20.8
Elo Closest
Arkansas 1547 vs Utah 1817
Utah by 13.3 ✓19.7
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Utah by 12.520.5

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›

Key injuries

No injury list was recorded for this game: its page was first built after kickoff.

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