Week 10 of college football delivers two of the biggest rivalry games of the season on the same Saturday. Unbeaten Utah hosts BYU in a top-10 Holy War at noon ET, and Alabama heads to Death Valley to face LSU in the afternoon. Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users promo code FOXNEWS350 to bet $20 and get $350 in FanCash on either game.
The Holy War rarely carries stakes like this. Utah is unbeaten, with recent wins over Cincinnati, Houston, Colorado and Kansas, and a victory keeps the Utes squarely in the College Football Playoff picture. BYU has one loss, a 39-31 setback at UCF, but it also owns a 28-24 win over Notre Dame and comes in fresh off a 27-20 win over Arizona State behind quarterback Bear Bachmeier.
Recent history belongs to the Cougars. BYU has won the last three meetings after Utah took nine straight before that, and all three of those games landed between 42 and 45 total points.
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Utah is the better team on paper, but this is a rivalry BYU has owned lately, and the recent games have been decided by small margins. Nearly a touchdown is a lot of cushion in a game that should be a grind.
Both teams come in at 6-2, and both know a third loss would put their playoff hopes in serious danger. LSU has won four of its last five, including a 38-17 win at Auburn, with its only recent slip a 35-34 loss at Kentucky. Alabama has bounced back from back-to-back losses to Georgia and Tennessee with a 31-20 win over Texas A&M.
The quarterback battle is between Alabama’s Keelon Russell and LSU’s Sam Leavitt. Alabama won last year’s meeting 20-9 in Tuscaloosa and has won 15 of 23 matchups since 2004, but this one is in Baton Rouge at night-game volume.
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LSU has momentum and home field, but Alabama has dominated this series and gets more than a field goal. In a game this close on paper, take the points with the Tide.
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