Utah Utes vs Washington State Cougars 10/27/2022 Odds, Analysis and Picks

Utah Utes vs Washington State Cougars 10/27/2022 – The Utah Utes are going to take the road as they square off against the Washington State Cougars at Martin Stadium for week 9 of college football. The Utah Utes are currently 5-2 overall on the scoreboard and are coming here after winning against USC last week. The Washington State Cougars, on the other hand, took on Oregon State last time out and lost the game making them 4-3 overall this season. The NCAAF predictions this week are expecting the Utah Utes to win Thursday’s game against the Cougars.

Team	SP/RL	TOTAL	ML
Utes	-8 (-135)	55 o (-110)	-350
Cougars	+8 (-135)	55 u (-110)	+285

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Utah Utes

The Utah Utes played USC last week and won the game at home with a final score of 43-42. The Utah offense is scoring an average of 40.7 points in each game with quarterback Cameron Rising leading the way. In the game against USC, Rising attempted 44 passes and managed to complete thirty of them for a total of 415 yards, scoring two touchdowns along the way. Daulton Kincaid also contributed with 16 passes for a total of 234 yards. On the whole, the Utah Utes gained a total of 562 yards in that game.

Players to watch: Cameron Rising QB (CMP 148, ATT 215, YDS 1855, CMP% 68.8, AVG 8.6, LNG 72, TD 15, INT 3, SACK 5, SYL -41, RTG 161.5), Bryson Barnes QB (CMP 6, ATT 6, YDS 98, CMP% 100, AVG 16.3, LNG 29, TD 1, INT 0, SACK 0, SYL 0, RTG 292.2), Tavion Thomas RB (ATT 93, YDS 414, AVG 4.5, LNG 28, TD 5), Cameron Rising QB (ATT 47, YDS 308, AVG 6.6, LNG 29, TD 6), Dalton Kincaid TE (REC 39, YDS 558, AVG 14.3, LNG 37, TD 6).     

Washington State Cougars

The Washington State Cougars are coming to this game with a defense that allows opponents to score an average of 20.7 points in each game and are fresh off a loss against Oregon State with a final score of 24-10 on the road. Against Oregon State, the Cougars managed to put up only 23 rushing yards. The Washington State offense in that game was led by quarterback Cameron Ward who passed for a total of 345 yards with a single touchdown along the way. In terms of rushing, Jaylen Jenkins led the way with 42 rushing yards.

Players to watch: Cameron Ward QB (CMP 175, ATT 277, YDS 1962, CMP% 63.2, AVG 7.1, LNG 60, TD 16, INT 8, SACK 26, SYL -170, RTG 136), Nakia Watson RB (ATT 64, YDS 325, AVG 5.1, LNG 39, TD 2), Jaylen Jenkins RB (ATT 43, YDS 299, AVG 7, LNG 41, TD 1), De’Zhaun Stribling WR (REC 28, YDS 359, AVG 12.8, LNG 38, TD 4). 

Trends

Utah Utes

Utah is 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah’s last 8 games.
Utah is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games.
Utah is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games against Washington State.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Utah’s last 8 games on the road.

Cougars

Washington State is 12-5 ATS in their last 17 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Washington State’s last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington State’s last 9 games against Utah.
Washington State is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games at home.
Washington State is 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games against an opponent in the Pac-12 conference.