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The Utes won one road game in 2025-26 and covered eight of 11; only 11 Division I teams covered a bigger share away. At home the same spread went 5 for 17.

Upside down

Utah’s road record was 1-10, and its road cover rate 72.7%: 11 Division I teams did better, two matched it. At home it flipped. The Utes went 8-9 straight up and covered 5 of 17, 29.4%, with just 30 programs lower. On the home moneyline one unit a game lost 6.5 over 17, a figure only 15 teams finished below.

The Utes at home, away, as favorite and as underdogHome (17)won 8 (47.1%)covered 5 of 17 (29.4%)Away (11)won 1 (9.1%)covered 8 of 11 (72.7%)Favorite (9)won 7 (77.8%)covered 2 of 9 (22.2%)Underdog (23)won 3 (13.0%)covered 13 of 23 (56.5%)50%
2025-26 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Laying points

Favored nine times, Utah won seven and covered two, a rate that beat just 21 programs in that role. The shortest price lost was an 85-92 home defeat to Cal Poly at -1600 on 20 November.

The underdog wins

Three underdog wins in 23 tries: 75-74 over Ole Miss at +475 in the Acrisure Classic consolation game, 61-56 at West Virginia at +425, and 82-79 over TCU at +170. Across all 32 priced games the moneyline lost 10.5 units.

One unit on the Utes to win, every game0-10-5-10.50 unitsfirst gamelast game
Running total over 32 priced 2025-26 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

November, then nothing

November went 6-2 and made 3.03 units, while covering once in eight. From January to the end the Utes went 2-17, a stretch that included seven straight defeats from 20 January to 15 February.

The Utes 2025-26 regular season, game by game2025-11-03 v San José State Spartans 84-752025-11-08 v Weber State Wildcats 92-892025-11-10 v Holy Cross Crusaders 87-692025-11-15 v Sam Houston Bearkats 85-792025-11-18 v Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons 85-772025-11-20 v Cal Poly Mustangs 85-922025-11-25 v Grand Canyon Lopes 58-682025-11-26 v Ole Miss Rebels 75-742025-12-02 at California Golden Bears 72-792025-12-06 v California Baptist Lancers 91-852025-12-13 v Mississippi State Bulldogs 74-822025-12-20 v Eastern Washington Eagles 101-772025-12-29 at Washington Huskies 65-742026-01-03 v Arizona Wildcats 78-972026-01-07 at Colorado Buffaloes 73-852026-01-10 v BYU Cougars 84-892026-01-14 at Texas Tech Red Raiders 74-882026-01-17 v TCU Horned Frogs 82-792026-01-20 at Kansas State Wildcats 78-812026-01-24 at BYU Cougars 78-912026-01-31 v Oklahoma State Cowboys 69-812026-02-04 v Arizona State Sun Devils 63-712026-02-07 at Kansas Jayhawks 59-712026-02-10 v Houston Cougars 52-662026-02-15 at Cincinnati Bearcats 65-692026-02-18 at West Virginia Mountaineers 61-562026-02-21 v UCF Knights 71-732026-02-24 v Iowa State Cyclones 59-752026-02-28 at Arizona State Sun Devils 60-732026-03-03 v Colorado Buffaloes 78-922026-03-07 at Baylor Bears 75-1012026-03-10 v Cincinnati Bearcats 66-73Wins above the line, losses below; bar length is the margincovered the spreaddid not cover0
10-22 in 32 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Covering in defeat

BYU and Cincinnati beat Utah twice each, and Utah covered all four games, the last a 66-73 Big 12 tournament loss to Cincinnati at +575. Against Arizona State and Colorado it went the other way: four losses, four misses.

The total

Utah games went over 18 times and under 14. The Utes scored 74.34 and allowed 79.09; December, at 2-3, brought four covers in five.

Questions and answers

How did Utah cover on the road in 2025-26?

Eight times in 11 away games, 72.7%, despite a 1-10 road record.

Did the Utes’ 8-9 home record cover the spread?

Five times in 17, 29.4%.

How did Utah do when laying points?

Seven wins in nine games as favorites, but two covers.

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