No. 9 BYU (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) travels to Salt Lake City to face No. 3 Utah (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) on Saturday at noon ET in a matchup of the top two teams in the Big 12 standings. The game will be played at Rice-Eccles Stadium, where Utah is 5-0 at home this season, while BYU is 2-1 on the road.
Utah enters as a 4.5-point favorite with an over/under of 49.5 points. The SportsLine Projection Model, which simulates each FBS game 10,000 times, projects the total to go over 49.5 points, a side that has hit in three straight BYU games and six of Utah's last 10. The model forecasts BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier to throw for 220 yards and one touchdown, and Utah quarterback Devon Dampier to throw for over 230 yards and two touchdowns, projecting a combined 50 points.
The model also indicates one side of the spread hits in more than 60% of simulations. SportsLine's model entered Week 10 with an 80-77 record on top-rated college football picks.
