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Utah State at #19Washington

Prediction · week 2, 2026 · Sat Sep 12, 2:30 PM CT / 3:30 PM ET · Husky Stadium

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Washington 16, Utah State 14

Closest: Elo (Washington by 17.9, missed by 15.9). 2 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Washington. The line, shown for comparison only, has Washington by 26.5.

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

SP+ has Washington by 26.0 and Elo has Washington by 17.9. SP+ and Elo are 8.1 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+
Utah State -11.5 vs Washington +12.0
Washington by 26 ✓24.0
Elo Closest
Utah State 1376 vs Washington 1762
Washington by 17.9 ✓15.9
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Washington by 26.524.5

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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