The third-ranked Oregon Ducks will travel to Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday evening to take on the 23rd-ranked Utah Utes in a Pac-12 Conference matchup. The Ducks are 9-1 (6-1) so far this season and are riding a five-game winning streak after defeating the Washington State Cougars 38-24. Senior quarterback Anthony Brown went 17-of-22 for 135 yards and a touchdown. The Utes are 7-3 (6-1) and are on a three-game winning streak after defeating the Arizona Wildcats 38-29 on the road. Sophomore quarterback Cameron Rising finished going 19-of-30 for 294 yards with a pair of touchdowns.
Oregon at Utah Stats
Looking at the Oregon Ducks stats
Junior running back Travis Dye has been playing well this season as he has recorded 152 rushes for 908 yards (six yards per attempt) with 12 rushing touchdowns as well as 32 receptions for 302 yards (9.4 yards per catch) with two touchdown receptions. In his last game against Washington State, he finished with 18 carries for 88 yards (4.9 yards per rush) with a rushing touchdown and six catches for 25 yards (4.2 yards per reception) with a receiving touchdown.
The Oregon Ducks have been a pretty good defensive team this season as they are allowing 22.6 points per game. In their previous game against the Washington State Cougars, Oregon gave up 24 points on 371 total yards of offense (280 passing, 91 rushing). The Ducks did an incredible job of forcing mistakes as they had three forced turnovers (one fumble recovery, two interceptions). Oregon needs to fix their rushing defense as they gave up 3.6 rushing yards per attempt.
Looking at the Utah Utes stats
Sophomore running back Tavion Thomas has been doing pretty well this season as he has recorded 122 rushing attempts for 742 yards (6.1 yards per run) with 14 rushing touchdowns. He missed the last game with an undisclosed injury but in his last game against Stanford, Thomas had 20 rushes for 177 yards (8.9 yards per attempt) with four rushing touchdowns.
The Utah Utes have been a solid defensive program thus far as they are giving up 23.8 points per game. In their previous game against the Washington State Cougars. Utah allowed 24 points on 371 total yards of offense (280 passing, 91 rushing). The Ducks need to get stops more consistently as the Cougars went 7-of-13 on third down attempts as well as rushing for 3.6 yards per carry in the game.
Betting Trends for Oregon Ducks at Utah Utes
- Underdog is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings
- Oregon is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as an underdog
- Oregon is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games vs a team with a winning record
- Oregon is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games after allowing less than 100 rushing yards in their previous game
- Oregon is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games after accumulating 200+ rushing yards in their previous game
Who to Bet Ducks at Utes
The top sportsbooks have this game listed as the Oregon Ducks around a field goal underdog on the road. These two programs are statistically similar but there is a reason why if the season ended today that the Ducks are in the College Football Playoffs while the Utes are not . All in all, go with the Oregon Ducks getting a handful of points to cover the spread here.
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