Arizona football will get a primetime billing for one of its biggest home games in years.
Arizona and Utah will kick off at 5:30 p.m. MST at Casino Del Stadium, and the game will be televised on Fox, the Big 12 announced Sunday.
Utah has opened as a 2.5-point favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The over/under is 53.5 points.
Arizona (7-2) needs a win over Utah in order to keep its Big 12 title game and College Football Playoff hopes alive. The Utes are coming off a rivalry victory over BYU that
moved Morgan Scalley’s team to 9-0 on the season.
Arizona is hosting a top-3 team for the first time since 2007, when No. 2 Oregon came to town — a game Arizona won in dramatic fashion.
The small spread suggests oddsmakers believe Arizona can pull off a similar upset this Saturday.
Arizona is just 3-6 against the spread (ATS) this season, with two of the three covers coming at home. The Wildcats failed to cover on Friday, hanging on to beat TCU 29-28 in a game they were favored to win by a touchdown.
Brent Brennan’s squad has won seven consecutive games at Casino Del Stadium, with the last loss coming in 2025 against No. 18 BYU.
Arizona is 6-7 against Utah since the Utes joined the Pac-12 in 2011. All-time, the Utes have a 26-21 lead in the series.
Brennan’s highest ranked win at Arizona was at Utah in 2024, when the Wildcats upset the No. 10 ranked Utes. Arizona won the previous meeting between the two schools in Tucson in 2023. Arizona and Utah didn’t play each other last year.
This Utah team relies on an highly efficient offense that Arizona fans were unaccustomed to seeing in the Kyle Whittingham era. Utah ranks 13th nationally with 37.7 points per game and 12th with 215 rushing yards.
Utah is 8-1 ATS. The lone game Utah didn’t cover was a 27-24 victory at Colorado.
Utah quarterback Devon Dampier, a Phoenix native, has 2,053 passing yards including 20 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He has another 480 yards on the ground including seven rushing scores.
