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SpreadTotalMoneyCIN+6.5U 55.5+205ARIZ-6.5O 55.5-250
CFB · Saturday 3 October
Cincinnati at Arizona Final Score: Arizona Win 34-7
Final: Arizona Wildcats 34, Cincinnati Bearcats 7, Saturday 3 October at Casino Del Sol Stadium.
Our call won. Before the game this page said: “Our number has Arizona by 10.5. At -7, lay it with Arizona.” Arizona -7 won: Arizona won by 27.
What decided it
Arizona won the third quarter by 14. Arizona turned the ball over 1 time to Cincinnati’s 0, and gained 522 yards to 227.
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bearcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Arizona Wildcats | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
The last DraftKings line ESPN holds for the game is ARIZ -7, with a total of 56.5. Arizona covered as the favourite. The 41 points went under the total.
What comes next
Cincinnati plays next against the Utah Utes on Saturday 31 October. Arizona plays next against the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday 24 October: our prediction.
The prediction, as published before the game
Everything below is the page as it stood before the game, kept unchanged as the record. It was titled “Cincinnati at Arizona Best Pick, Prediction and Odds”.
Our number has Arizona by 10.5. At -7, lay it with Arizona.
Arizona is a 7-point favourite over Cincinnati at DraftKings, down from 8.5 at the open. Our number is Arizona by 10.5. The gap is 3.5 points, and the threshold for a bet here is 3.
How the number is built
The method is one clause: our number is half the difference between the home team’s average margin at home and the visitor’s average margin on the road, against FBS teams only, 2025 and 2026 together.
Arizona is 6-1 at home against FBS teams over that span, winning by 16.4 points a game across 7 games. Cincinnati is 2-2 on the road against FBS teams, losing by 4.5 a game across 4 games. The difference is 20.9 points. Half of it, rounded, is 10.5.
Cincinnati’s sample is the thin one. Four games is the smallest sample the method will bet on, and all four are from 2025, because Cincinnati has played every 2026 game at home.
Cincinnati on the road
Cincinnati won two of those four road games, 37-34 at Kansas and 49-17 at Oklahoma State. It lost the other two by 31 at Utah and by 22 at TCU, both in November 2025.
Arizona’s home record over the same span is 6-1. It won by more than 7 in four of the seven: 34 over Hawai’i, 28 over Oklahoma State, 24 over Baylor, and 25 over Northern Illinois on 19 September. The one loss was 33-27 to BYU in 2025.
2026 so far
Cincinnati is 4-0, all at home. Against its three FBS opponents it has scored 33.3 a game and allowed 24.0. The last two were close: 35-31 over Miami (OH) and 31-26 over Kansas State on 26 September.
Arizona is 3-1. It lost 28-17 at BYU on 12 September, then beat Northern Illinois 42-17 at home and Washington State 34-24 on the road. Against FBS teams it has scored 31.0 a game and allowed 23.0.
Both teams are in the Big 12. Cincinnati is 1-0 in the conference and Arizona 0-1.
Last season
Arizona went 9-4 in 2025 and won by 12.2 a game. Cincinnati went 7-6 and won by 4.7 a game, then lost its last five, the final one 35-13 to Navy on 2 January 2026.
The two teams met on 15 November 2025 at Cincinnati. Arizona won 30-24.
The price
Arizona opened at -8.5 and is -7 now, read 28 September 2026 at 17:02 UTC at DraftKings via ESPN. That is a 1.5-point move toward Cincinnati. Arizona’s side is priced at -115, Cincinnati’s at -105.
The moneyline has Arizona at -290 and Cincinnati at +235, from -285 and +230 at the open. With the margin removed, that prices Arizona to win 71.4% of the time. ESPN’s FPI is lower on Arizona, at 56.2%.
The move made this a bet. At the opening -8.5, the gap was 2.0 and the call would have been a pass.
Pick: Arizona -7
Arizona -7 at -115. The gap is 3.5 points against a 3-point threshold, half a point clear of it.
It rests on 11 games, split 7 and 4. Arizona’s seven home games carry most of the weight.
What changes it
The price. At Arizona -7.5 the gap is exactly 3 and the bet stands. At -8 it is 2.5, and the call becomes a pass.
Cincinnati’s road sample is four games, all from 2025, and four games prove little. Availability is the other thing, and this page does not state it. Check the injury report before you bet.
The total
The total opened at 54.5 and is 54.5 now, over -120 and under +100.
Against FBS teams across 2025 and 2026, Arizona’s games went over 54.5 in 6 of 15, and Cincinnati’s in 8 of 15. Together that is 14 of 30. Cincinnati’s three FBS games this season produced 49, 66 and 57; Arizona’s produced 45, 59 and 58.
Pass on the total at 54.5. Fourteen of 30 is a coin toss.
Cincinnati at Arizona, Saturday 3 October, 11:00 PM ET, Casino Del Sol Stadium, Tucson. Prices: DraftKings via ESPN, read 28 September 2026, 17:02 UTC. Results: ESPN, read 28 September 2026. Nothing here states who is available.