Utah vs. UCLA Prediction, Odds, Spread and Over/Under for College Football Week 6
By Reed Wallach
Two PAC-12 contenders meet in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon in hopes of leaving the game as the favorites to go to the title game.
Utah hits the road to take on UCLA, who is coming off one of the more impressive victories of the season, handling Washington at home last week. Dorian Thompson-Robinson has thrust himself into the fringes of the Heisman Trophy conversation with an electric performance against the Huskies and now faces another impressive QB in Cam Rising.
Who will prevail with the Utes entering as road favorites? Here are the odds from FanDuel Sportsbook:
Utah vs. UCLA Odds, Spread and Total
Utah vs. UCLA Betting Trends
- Utah has covered four straight games
- UCLA covered in their only game as an underdog this season
- UCLA has gone over in four of five games this season
- UCLA is 6-5 ATS as a home underdog under Chip Kelly
Utah vs. UCLA Prediction and Pick
This game should feature a ton of points as the Utah defense is still developing with a young core and DTR is more than capable of taking over games. When he's on the UCLA signal caller is as good as they come in the sport. Against Washington, Thompson-Robinson completed 24-of-33 passes for 315 yards and three touchdowns. he added 53 yards on the ground and a touchdown score.
Meanwhile, the Utah offense has bounced back off a Week 1 road loss to Florida by dismantling opponents, scoring at least 35 points in every game. The offensive line is elite in run and pass protection as Rising has been sacked only three times this season and the team is averaging over five yards per carry.
While UCLA won more convincingly than the 40-32 score line indicates, the defense hasn't been challenged that much this season. I think Utah's offensive line provides the stiffest test for a unit that has been propped up by a relatively easy schedule to start the year, but the Utes have also feasted on inferior competition.
The Utah defense still has ways to go, bottom half of the country in explosive pass and rush defense and that can be where Thompson-Robinson, running back Zach Charbonnet and wide receiver Jake Bobo can attack.
I think points will come in bunches on Saturday afternoon, so I'll go over the total as both defenses still leave some to be desired.