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Iowa State at #25Arizona

Prediction · week 8, 2026 · Sat Oct 24, Time TBA · Arizona Stadium

Updated Sun Oct 18, 2:58 PM CT

ISUIowa State · 3-3 Sat Oct 24, Time TBA ARIZArizona · 5-1

24%Our win chance76%

Our win chance: Arizona 76% · Iowa State 24% · experimental, see how it is tested

The prediction

Both models favor Arizona (SP+ from the week 7 snapshot). The line, shown for comparison only, has Arizona by 10.0.

Our call posts Monday when this week's ratings are set.

SP+ has Arizona by 16.7 and Elo has Arizona by 5.5. SP+ and Elo are 11.2 points apart.

Every model

ModelSays
SP+
Iowa State +1.0 vs Arizona +15.2 · week 7 ratings
Arizona by 16.7
Elo
Iowa State 1643 vs Arizona 1719
Arizona by 5.5
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Arizona by 10

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. How these work ›

Key injuries

Iowa State

No injury report yet for this game. First reports usually come Wednesday.

Arizona

No injury report yet for this game. First reports usually come Wednesday.

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