Boise State at Utah State
Boise State hits the road this week to take on Utah State as -9 point favorites. The current total on the game is 69.5. Kickoff is set for 12 noon EST and the game can be seen on CBS.
Boise State stands at 1-2 so far this season after dropping a big game at home to Oklahoma State, 21-20, last week. The loss of course, hurts Boise State nationally. But the good news is, they have a clean slate in conference play as this will be game #1 of their MWC schedule.
Utah State is off to a 3-0 start and they have proved they can hang points on the board. More importantly they knocked off Air Force last week in MWC play to go 1-0 in conference play. Both Boise and Utah State are in the MWC Mountain division making this a key conference matchup.
Head to Head History
head-to-head history (lined games): 10/24/2020 Utah State 13 +17.0 at Boise State 42 11/23/2019 Boise State 56 - 9.0 at Utah State 21 11/24/2018 Utah State 24 + 3.0 at Boise State 33 10/28/2017 Boise State 41 -10.0 at Utah State 14 10/ 1/2016 Utah State 10 +23.0 at Boise State 21 10/16/2015 Boise State 26 - 8.0 at Utah State 52 11/29/2014 Utah State 19 + 9.5 at Boise State 50 10/12/2013 Boise State 34 - 6.5 at Utah State 23 12/ 4/2010 Utah State 14 +38.0 at Boise State 50 11/20/2009 Boise State 52 -23.5 at Utah State 21 11/ 8/2008 Utah State 14 +35.5 at Boise State 49 11/10/2007 Boise State 52 -24.5 at Utah State 0 11/18/2006 Utah State 10 +38.0 at Boise State 49 10/22/2005 Boise State 45 -18.5 at Utah State 21 9/28/2002 Utah State 38 +15.5 at Boise State 63 11/11/2000 Utah State 38 +17.0 at Boise State 66 10/30/1999 Boise State 33 + 3.0 at Utah State 27 10/24/1998 Utah State 16 + 1.0 at Boise State 30 11/ 1/1997 Boise State 20 +24.0 at Utah State 24 10/19/1996 Utah State 39 - 9.5 at Boise State 14 9/ 9/1995 Boise State 38 - 4.5 at Utah State 14
Just as we have mentioned many times in other articles, looking at the history between two schools often tells us plenty.
You can tell by taking a glance at the 20 games listed above in the head to head history that one team attracts better talent than the other, year after year.
In fact, if you made the line Boise State -9 (this weeks line) in all 20 games listed above, the Broncos would stand at 16-4 against the spread.
Already 0-1 in conference play, you can expect that Utah State will get Boise States full attention this week.
Our model has Boise on top by 13 to 16 points so we’ll lay the spot here with the Broncos.