Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 | 5:46 p.m.
The University of Utah football team is expected to play another close game next Saturday, according to betting numbers released today in Las Vegas for next week’s games.
The 18th-ranked Utes, who this Saturday scored in the final seconds to rally past USC, are plus-4.5 betting underdogs at Arizona State. It’s nothing new for Utah.
Two weeks ago, they were plus-1.5 underdogs at Oregon State when they rallied to win in overtime. And last month, Utah played another close game, being upset by Washington State by one point for its lone loss of the season.
Utah, who closed as a minus-1 favorite against USC, has found its rhythm offensively with quarterback Travis Wilson. After playing two quarterbacks most the of season, Wilson led the Utes to scoring drives to beat Oregon State and USC to win the starter’s job.
Utah-Arizona State isn’t the lone Pac-12 Conference game oddsmakers think will be close.
UCLA is a minus-5.5 favorite against visiting Arizona, Washington is minus-4.5 at Colorado, and USC is laying eight points at home against Washington State.
Here are next week’s betting numbers for all college and NFL games. The lines are from the Wynn and Westgate Superbook.
Thursday, Oct. 30
Troy plus-22.5 at Georgia Southern
Florida State minus-7 at Louisville
Tulsa plus-22 at Memphis
New Orleans Saints minus-1.5 at Carolina Panthers
Friday, Oct. 31
Cincinnati minus-4.5 at Tulane
Saturday, Nov. 1
New Mexico plus-1 at UNLV
Notre Dame minus-16.5 at Navy
Boston College plus-5 at Virginia Tech
East Carolina minus-8 at Temple
Central Florida minus-12.5 at UConn
Wisconsin minus-11 at Rutgers
North Carolina State plus-4 at Syracuse
Duke plus-1.5 at Pittsburgh
Maryland plus-3 at Penn State
North Carolina minus-11.5 at Miami
Georgia State plus-7 at Appalachian State
Air Force minus-4 at Army
Central Michigan minus-16.5 at Eastern Michigan
Northwestern plus-5.5 at Iowa
Texas plus-24 at Texas Tech
Purdue plus-23.5 at Nebraska
Kansas plus-35 at Baylor
Western Michigan minus-6 at Miami (Ohio)
Auburn plus-3 at Mississippi
Kentucky plus-7 at Missouri
Arkansas plus-12 at Mississippi State
Western Kentucky plus-4.5 at Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Monroe plus-31 at Texas A&M
BYU -7 at Middle Tennessee State
Tennessee plus-8 at South Carolina
Florida plus-12.5 at Georgia
USC minus-8 at Washington State
Stanford plus-12 at Oregon
Oklahoma minus-15.5 at Iowa State
Oklahoma State plus-13.5 at Kansas State
Indiana plus-9 at Michigan
Virginia plus-4 at Georgia Tech
Arkansas State minus-15 at Idaho
South Alabama plus-6.5 at Louisiana-Lafayette
Rice plus-6.5 at Florida International
Washington minus-4.5 at Colorado
Cal plus-4.5 at Oregon State
Arizona plus-5.5 at UCLA
Colorado State minus-7 at San Jose State
Utah plus-4.5 at Arizona State
TCU minus-4 at West Virginia
Houston minus-10 at South Florida
Southern Miss plus-5 at UTEP
Texas State minus-9 at New Mexico State
Illinois plus-29 at Ohio State
Wyoming minus-11 at Fresno State
San Diego State plus-5 at UNR
Utah State minus-2 at Hawaii
Sunday, Nov. 2
San Diego plus-2.5 at Miami
Jacksonville plus-13 at Cincinnati
Tampa Bay plus-6.5 at Cleveland
Washington plus-2.5 at Minnesota
Philadelphia minus-2.5 at Houston
New York Jets plus-7.5 at Kansas City
Arizona plus-4.5 at Dallas
St. Louis plus-9.5 at San Francisco
Denver minus-3.5 at New England
Oakland plus-14.5 at Seattle
Baltimore plus-1.5 at Pittsburgh
Monday, Nov. 3
Indianapolis Colts minus-3.5 at New York Giants
Ray Brewer can be reached at 702-990-2662 or [email protected]. Follow Ray on Twitter at twitter.com/raybrewer21
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