Week 9 • October 26, 2025, 02:15 AM UTC
3-4
Big 12
Power Rank: 0.7
7 FINAL 53
5-2
Big 12
Power Rank: 22.4
Utah covered by 32.5 | Game went Over by 10.5

Utah defeated Colorado 53–7 in a dominant performance. Utah covered the spread; the game went Over.

Colorado @ Utah Preview

General Information

Week: Week 9
Kick Off (at stadium): 08:15 PM MDT
Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium
Capacity: 51,444
Elevation: 4656 ft
HFA Rating: 3.1
Playing Surface: Artifical Turf

Betting Information

Spread Utah -13.5
Total (O/U) 49.5
Expected Score COLO 18.0 - 31.5 UTAH
Power Rank Implied Line Utah +21.7

Weather Conditions

Forecast for: February 02, 2026
Clear

Clear

35.6°F

Wind Chill: 32.7°F
Wind: 3.6 mph SE
Gusts: 7.5 mph
Precipitation: 0.0"
Humidity: 35%
Rain Chance: 0%
Snow Chance: 0%

Travel & Rest

Colorado (Away)

This Week: 351.0 miles
Last Week: No Game
Season Total: 4428.4 miles
Body Clock Time: 20:15
Rest Days: 15

Utah (Home)

This Week: 0.0 miles
Last Week: 72.3 miles
Season Total: 7016.5 miles
Body Clock Time: 20:15
Rest Days: 8

Line Value Calculator

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Your line Utah +21.7
Implied value
Betting
Current line Utah -13.5
Total (O/U) 49.5
Power ratings — adjust if you disagree
Colorado 0.7
Utah 22.4
Travel impact
Away travel 351 mi
Home travel 0 mi
Rest Colorado +7
Home field — Rice-Eccles Stadium
Capacity 51,444
Elevation 4656 ft
Weather: Clear
Temperature 35.6°F
Wind speed 3.6 mph

Positive adjustment = favours home team

What are the key factors for Colorado vs Utah?

Colorado: Key Factors

Utah: Key Factors

What happened in the game?

Colorado travels 351 miles to this game, a short road trip.

Utah won by 46 in a dominant performance.

Utah covered the spread comfortably.

The total went Over by 10.5 points.

How do Colorado and Utah compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favour Utah (22.4) over Colorado (0.7) by 21.7 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Utah brings one of the stronger home environments in the FBS to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 3.1). Add this to the neutral-site differential to arrive at a venue-adjusted line.

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings represent expected point margin against an average FBS opponent on a neutral field, calculated from game data sourced via CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD). They are one input — cross-reference with the travel, rest, and weather data above before drawing conclusions.

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Weather

Utah won and Utah covered the spread.