College Football Predictions Week 13: Utah vs. BYU Betting Odds

Last Updated on November 28, 2009 4:00 pm by drew

Mountain West Battle

The battle for second place in the Mountain West Conference is at stake Saturday when No. 18 BYU hosts No. 22 Utah at 5PM ET from Lavell Edwards Stadium.

Bet Utah at BYU


Utah is 9-2 on the season and 4-7 against the points spread odds. Both of the Utes losses have come to ranked opponents in

Oregon and TCU. Both of the losses came on the road but

Utah has won three of the last five meetings with BYU.

The Cougars are 9-2 this season and 5-6 against the spread. Both of BYU’s losses have come at home, falling to TCU and

Florida
State.
Oddsmakers from online sports book SPORTSBETTING.com have made BYU 7.5-point home favorites over

Utah on Saturday night. The over/under total for this game has been established at 52.5.

BYU is scoring 35.5 points per-game this year thanks to the play of quarterback Max Hall. Hall has thrown for 3,234 yards and 28 touchdowns, but does have 14 interceptions. Defensively, Utah is allowing 19.1 points per-game, but has held opposing passing games to just 176 yards per-game.

Utah has quite an offense itself, scoring 29.8 points, but the Utes have a much more balanced offensive attack. Eddie Wide has rushed for 918 yards and 11 touchdowns while Terrance Cain has 1,624 yards passing with 11 scores. The Cougars are giving up 21.5 points per-game, but have been strong against the run, holding opponents to 113 yards per-outing.

BYU seems to be favored because it is at home, but the Utes actually played TCU closer than BYU and

Utah had to go on the road for that game while BYU was at home. Points shouldn’t be hard to score in this game as both offenses are solid, but this game could come down to consistency on offense, and the Utes seem to be more likely to stop the Cougars. We suggest a pick of

Utah with the points and the over for Saturday’s game.

Our College Football Week 13 Free Pick for this matchup is:

UTAH +7.5 and OVER 52.5.
College Football Week 13 Betting Trends
Top Trends for this game.

UTAH is 23-10 ATS (+12.0 Units) as an underdog of 3.5 to 10 points since 1992.

UTAH is 41-21 ATS (+17.9 Units) as an underdog since 1992.

BYU is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) after playing a conference game over the last 2 seasons.

BYU is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons.

BYU is 2-9 ATS (-7.9 Units) off a win against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History

BYU is 1-1 against the spread versus

UTAH over the last 3 seasons 

BYU is 1-1 straight up against

UTAH over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 
Week 13 College Football Injury Report
UTAH

[LB] 09/10/2009 – Mo Neal out indefinitely ( Suspension ) 

(!)[RB] 09/27/2009 – Matt Asiata out for season ( Knee ) 

[DT] 09/24/2009 – Latu Heimuli out for season ( Foot ) 

[OL] 11/09/2009 – Kenape Eliapo out indefinitely ( Eye ) 

[DL] 11/16/2009 – Derrick Shelby out for season ( Knee ) 

[DB] 11/21/2009 – Victor Spikes "?" ( Hand ) 

[LB] 11/21/2009 – Matt Martinez "?" ( Quad ) 

BYU

[OG] 08/22/2009 – Houston Reynolds out for season ( Knee ) 

[CB] 09/06/2009 – Brian Logan out indefinitely ( Hand ) 

[OG] 08/27/2009 – Jason Speredon out for season ( Rotator Cuff ) 

[OL] 09/30/2009 – Jesse Taufi out indefinitely ( Academics ) 

[CB] 09/11/2009 – Garrett Nicholson has left team ( Academics ) 

[CB] 10/07/2009 – Shiloah Te’o has been dismissed from the team ( Dismissed ) 

[LB] 11/17/2009 – Terrance Hooks out for season ( Knee ) 
Utah at BYU Odds
Utah Utes +7.5 Over 52.5 (+250)

BYU Cougars -7.5 Under 52.5 (-330)
Bet Utah at BYU
Posted: 11/28/09 4:00PM ET