Clark desk · DallasThursday, September 24, 2026
The Saturday Slate
Fri, Oct 23 · 11:00pm CT · Rice-Eccles Stadium · Salt Lake City, UT11:00pm CT
#25 HOU
Houston Cougars · Big 12 · 2-1 · Away
FPI 10.8 · rank 31 · No CFBD row
+6.5 (-112)
+210
#15 UTAH
Utah Utes · Big 12 · 3-0 · Home
FPI 16.5 · rank 15 · No CFBD row
-6.5 (-108)
-258
Market vs model
Spread
UTAH -6.5
UTAH -6.5 (-108)
HOU +6.5 (-112)
HOU +6.5 (-112)
Model
UTAH -8.2
Edge 1.7 pts UTAH
Full ratings
ESPN FPI only
Full ratings
ESPN FPI only
ML / total
UTAH
UTAH -258 · HOU +210
Total 50.5 — no O/U pick
Total 50.5 — no O/U pick
CallLean
Why
CFBD enrichment is off. No API key and no ratings cache, so these numbers are ESPN FPI only.
- UTAH rating 16.5, HOU rating 10.8.
- Fuel: ESPN FPI only. CFBD enrichment is not in this number.
- Home field adds 2.5 to UTAH.
- Predicted margin is UTAH by 8.2.
- Edge is 1.7 points toward UTAH.
- Edge 1.7 pts vs the posted number. (Rating gap 5.7; home field +2.5).
- Moneyline ticket is UTAH, because the predicted margin clears 2 points.
- No totals model — we do not guess over/unders.
Recent form
HOU
- L@ TTU 28-26 · Fri, Sep 18
- Wvs SOU 77-6 · Sat, Sep 12
- Wvs ORST 33-20 · Sat, Sep 5
- Wvs LSU 38-35 · Sat, Dec 27
- W@ BAY 31-24 · Sat, Nov 29
UTAH
- Wvs USU 33-0 · Sat, Sep 19
- Wvs ARK 43-10 · Sat, Sep 12
- Wvs IDHO 66-14 · Thu, Sep 3
- Wvs NEB 44-22 · Wed, Dec 31
- W@ KU 31-21 · Fri, Nov 28
Injuries
no injury feed wired yet
Lock a ticket
Same rules as the board. ATS only when the edge clears 1.5 and the rating is not a placeholder. Moneyline only when the model has a winner by 2 or more. The lock stores the line now. CLV stays empty until there is a closing number.
Writes this spread into the ledger. Closing-line value stays blank.
Writes this moneyline into the ledger. No point line, and no fake close.