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Utah State at #17Utah

Prediction · week 3, 2026 · Sat Sep 19, 2:30 PM CT / 3:30 PM ET · Rice-Eccles Stadium

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Utah 33, Utah State 0

Closest: SP+ (Utah by 24.4, missed by 8.6). 2 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Utah. The line, shown for comparison only, has Utah by 28.0.

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

SP+ has Utah by 24.4 and Elo has Utah by 22.2. SP+ and Elo are 2.2 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+ Closest
Utah State -7.1 vs Utah +14.8
Utah by 24.4 ✓8.6
Elo
Utah State 1381 vs Utah 1874
Utah by 22.2 ✓10.8
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Utah by 285.0

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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