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#12Utah Utes

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WEEK 7 ยท 2026
The Week 7 job

Beat Colorado and avoid turning a likely win into a season problem.

Your game

Utah at Colorado
TBD
SAT OCT 17
TV TBA
playoff chanceNow59%Win61%Loss35%
Utah
Utah 95%Colorado 5%
Colorado

Other impactful games

the highlighted team is the result Utah wants
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Priority 1
Root for
Arizona State
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Texas Tech
Root for Arizona State3.5-point playoff boost

Arizona State winning would remove some at-large competition for Utah.

63% if Arizona State wins59% with the other result3.5-point differenceUtah playoff chance
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Priority 2
Charlotte
at
Root for
Temple
Root for Temple2.2-point playoff boost

Temple winning would remove some at-large competition for Utah.

59% if Temple wins57% with the other result2.2-point differenceUtah playoff chance
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Priority 3
Root for
TCU
at
Baylor
Root for TCU3.1-point title-game boost

Baylor losing would help Utah in the Big 12 standings; Utah plays TCU in week 12, so a win would make a future opponent look stronger.

79% if TCU wins76% with the other result3.1-point differenceUtah Big 12 title-game chance
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Priority 4
Notre Dame
at
Root for
BYU
Root for BYU3.1-point first-round-bye boost

BYU winning improves your chances of earning a top-four seed and first-round bye; Utah plays BYU in week 10, so a win would make a future opponent look stronger.

12% if BYU wins9% with the other result3.1-point differenceUtah first-round bye chance
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Priority 5
Root for
Kansas
at
Kansas State
Root for Kansas1.3-point playoff boost

Kansas winning would remove some at-large competition for Utah.

60% if Kansas wins59% with the other result1.3-point differenceUtah playoff chance
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Florida International at Jacksonville State ยท ESPNU
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Western Kentucky at Sam Houston ยท ESPN2
East Carolina at UAB ยท ESPN
Georgia Southern at Old Dominion ยท ESPN2
Colorado State at Texas State ยท CBSSN
Memphis at Tulane ยท ESPN
Washington at Purdue ยท FOX
App State at Coastal Carolina ยท ESPN2
Wake Forest at California
Penn State at Michigan
Nebraska at Oregon
Wisconsin at UCLA
Mississippi State at LSU
Cincinnati at West Virginia ยท TNT
Pittsburgh at Boston College ยท ESPN2
Virginia at SMU ยท The CW Network
Ohio State at Indiana ยท FOX
Northwestern at Michigan State ยท Peacock
Florida Atlantic at Army ยท CBSSN
Ball State at Bowling Green ยท ESPN+
Georgia State at James Madison ยท ESPNU
Rutgers at Maryland ยท BTN
Massachusetts at Buffalo ยท ESPN+
Western Michigan at Central Michigan ยท ESPN+
Auburn at Georgia
Missouri at Ole Miss
Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech ยท ACC Network
North Carolina at Duke ยท ESPN2
Northern Illinois at Wyoming ยท The CW Network
UNLV at Air Force ยท CBSSN
Toledo at Eastern Michigan ยท ESPN+
Akron at Miami (OH) ยท ESPN+
Tulsa at Rice ยท ESPN+
Troy at Louisiana ยท ESPN+
Washington State at Oregon State ยท USA Network
Arkansas at Vanderbilt ยท ESPN2
Kent State at South Florida ยท ESPN+
Nevada at North Dakota State ยท CBSSN
Arkansas State at Southern Miss ยท ESPN+
Kentucky at Oklahoma ยท SEC Network
Oklahoma State at Houston ยท FOX
Louisville at Syracuse ยท ACC Network
Navy at UTSA ยท ESPNU
Louisiana Tech at UL Monroe ยท ESPN+
San Josรฉ State at UTEP ยท MW+
Ohio at Sacramento State ยท ESPN+
Fresno State at San Diego State ยท CBSSN
New Mexico at Hawai'i ยท FS1
Your rooting list:Utah, then Arizona State, Temple, TCU, BYU, Kansas.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 7, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 6). How the model works.