The No. 12 Oregon Ducks look to bounce back after a crushing loss last week as they host the No. 10 Utah Utes in a Pac-12 battle on Saturday night. With the winner only having one conference loss to date, it's highly likely that team will advance to the conference championship game in two weeks. Oregon is 8-2 and enters off a 37-34 home loss to Washington, while Utah, also 8-2, defeated Stanford 42-7 in Salt Lake City last Saturday. The teams met twice last year and both were Utah blowout victories: 38-7 in late-November and 38-10 in the Pac-12 Championship Game. This will be the first meeting in Eugene since a 41-20 Ducks win in 2017. Oregon is 6-3 against the spread, while Utah is 5-4 ATS in 2022.
Kickoff is scheduled for 10:30 p.m. ET at Autzen Stadium. The Utes are favored by 2 points in the latest Oregon vs. Utah odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over/under is set at 60. Before entering any Utah vs. Oregon picks, you'll want to see the college football predictions and betting advice from the model at SportsLine.
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Now, the model has set its sights on Utah vs. Oregon and just locked in its picks and CFB predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model's picks. Here are several college football odds and betting lines for Oregon vs. Utah:
- Oregon vs. Utah spread: Utah -2
- Oregon vs. Utah over/under: 60 points
- Oregon vs. Utah money line: Utah -130, Oregon +110
- Oregon vs. Utah picks: See picks here
What you need to know about Utah
While Utah has been shaky on the road this season, including a 29-26 Week 1 loss to Florida and a 42-32 defeat at UCLA in October, they come into Saturday's matchup red hot. Kyle Whittingham's team has won four straight games including the last two by a combined 60 points. Against the Cardinal, Utes QBs threw for four scores, three from starter Cameron Rising and one from backup Nate Johnson, who completed his only pass for a 16 yard touchdown. Rising was efficient, throwing for 219 yards on 20 of 33 passing including an interception.
More importantly for the Utes was the return to form by star running back Tavion Thomas, who rushed 22 times for 180 yards and two touchdowns. It was the first time since Week 1 that he surpassed the 100 yard mark and only the second time all season that he's rushed for multiple touchdowns. In last year's two games against the Ducks, Utah averaged 200 yards per game on the ground and Thomas scored five times. This year's Oregon team is much more susceptible to the pass than the run though, allowing 289.7 yards per game passing and only 108.2 rushing (18th best in the country). For the Utes to win, Rising will likely need to be more effective than he was against Oregon in 2021, when he threw for less than 350 yards combined with only one touchdown and two interceptions.
What you need to know about Oregon
How will the Ducks bounce back from a crushing loss to their northwest rival, Washington? That's the biggest storyline heading into this weekend's matchup of top-15 teams. Coach Dan Lanning's curious decision to go for a fourth and one on his own 34 yard line in a tie game with under 90 seconds to go was curious at best. But it was amplified by the fact that star QB Bo Nix was off the field due to injury at the time. Running back Noah Whittington lost a yard, Washington took over and kicked a 43 yard field goal leaving the Ducks without time to get into field goal range themselves. Though they're out of the College Football Playoff discussion, the Ducks still have a chance to play for a Pac-12 Championship Game berth and beyond that, a Rose Bowl appearance.
Nix had another fantastic performance against Washington, throwing for 280 yards and two scores, while rushing for 59 yards and another score on nine attempts. Troy Franklin caught five passes for a season-high 139 yards and a touchdown. Whittington (20-108-1) and Bucky Irving (19-143-0) had impressive games en route to more than 300 yards on the ground by the Ducks. In total, Oregon racked up 592 yards of total offense but surrendered 522 in the defeat.
How to make Utah vs. Oregon picks
The model has simulated Utah vs. Oregon 10,000 times and the results are in. The model is leaning Over on the point total, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in more than 50% of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
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