Utah Utes (5-3) vs. Stanford Cardinal (3-5)
November 5, 2021 10:30 pm EDT
The Line: Stanford Cardinal +7 / Utah Utes -7; Over/Under: -53.5
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The Stanford Cardinal and Utah Utes square off in a week 10 Pac-12 college football contest on Friday from Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.
The Utah Utes come into this game looking to add to a 44-24 beat down win over the UCLA Bruins in their last game. Cameron Rising has thrown for 1,318 yards, 12 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 64.1% passing, while also rushing for 300 yards and 3 scores. Tavion Thomas leads the Utes with 565 rushing yards and 10 TDs while two other Utes have at least 250 rushing yards this season. Dalton Kincaid and Brant Kuithe each have 300+ receiving yards for Utah’s receiving group, while Devaughn Vale and Britain Covey each have 200+ receiving yards. On defense, Devin Lloyd leads the Utes with 72 total tackles along with a pair of interceptions and 5 sacks, while Mika Tafua has a team-high 5.5 sacks this season.
The Stanford Cardinal will try to rebound from a 20-13 loss at the hands of Washington in their last game. Tanner McKee has thrown for 1,916 yards, 14 touchdowns and 5 interceptions on 64.8% passing while Nathaniel Peat has a team-high 346 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns and Austin Jones has 246 rushing yards as well this season. Elijah Higgins and Benjamin Yurosek each have 400+ receiving yards this season, with Higgins logging 37 grabs and 10 touchdowns. John Humphreys and Brycen Tremayne each have 200+ receiving yards, with Tremayne logging 5 TDs as well this season. On defense, Levani Damuni leads the Cardinal with 62 total tackles as well as a pair of sacks, but Stephen Herron leads Stanford’s defense with 3 sacks.
Utah is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a losing record and 20-8 ATS in their last 28 conference games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. Stanford is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 conference games.
The points with a home dog are always worth a look in most spots, but it’s hard to make a case for Stanford with the way the Cardinal are struggling right now and as much as you may not want to lay points on the road, Utah is the better team here and are really making a push to play in the Pac-12 title game and I think the Utes keep that push going with a win and cover on the road in this spot.
