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Arizona at West Virginia

Prediction · week 6, 2026 · Sat Oct 10, 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET · Milan Puskar Stadium

Updated Sun Oct 18, 2:58 PM CT

Result

Final: Arizona 52, West Virginia 31

Closest: Elo (Arizona by 11.4, missed by 9.6). 3 of 3 models named the winner. Our call was right.

Our call: Arizona by 8.1Strong

All three models favor Arizona (SP+ from the week 5 snapshot).

The average of SP+, Elo and Our model; the line is left out and kept as a benchmark. Toss-up under 3 points, Lean 3 to 7, Strong 7 and over. More ›

SP+ has Arizona by 6.8, Elo has Arizona by 11.4, and Our model has Arizona by 6.1. They are within 5.3 points of each other.

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+
Arizona +10.7 vs West Virginia +1.4 · week 5 ratings
Arizona by 6.8 ✓14.2
Elo Closest
Arizona 1702 vs West Virginia 1355
Arizona by 11.4 ✓9.6
Our model · experimental
Arizona +7.7 vs West Virginia -0.8
Arizona by 6.1 ✓14.9
Line (benchmark)
no pregame line
n/a–
Our call
average of SP+, Elo and Our model · Strong
Arizona by 8.1 ✓12.9

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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