Arizona vs BYU Prediction College Football Picks 10/12/24

The Arizona Wildcats and the BYU Cougars meet in week 7 college football action from LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday night. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Arizona vs. BYU prediction.

Arizona Recap

The Arizona Wildcats come into this one looking to rebound from a 28-22 loss to Texas Tech last time out, dropping to 3-2 on the year as a result. After this game, Arizona will head home for a matchup with the Colorado Buffaloes.

Wildcats Trying To Find Consistency

Noah Fifita has thrown for 1,361 yards, 7 touchdowns, and 6 interceptions on 61.5% passing while Quali Conley has a team-high 419 rushing yards with 5 TDs. Tetairoa McMillan leads Arizona’s receiving group with 37 receptions for 664 yards and 4 touchdowns and Keyan Burnett chipped in 171 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Jacob Manu has a team-high 42 total tackles. As a unit, Arizona’s defense has combined for 11 sacks and 4 interceptions so far this season.

Why the Arizona Wildcats will win

• Arizona has won four of its last five games as an underdog against AP-ranked teams.
• BYU has lost three of its last four October games as a home favorite against non-AP-ranked teams.
• Arizona has covered the spread in nine of its last 10 games against AP-ranked teams.
• BYU has failed to cover the spread in six of its last seven games in October.

BYU Recap

The BYU Cougars come into this one looking to stay unbeaten, sitting at 5-0 on the year after a 34-28 win over Baylor last time out. After this game, BYU will play against Oklahoma State and UCF.

Cougars Looking To Keep Rolling

Jake Retzlaff has thrown for 1,208 yards, 12 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions on 61.2% passing while also logging a team-high 156 rushing yards as well. Chase Roberts leads BYU’s receiving group with 21 grabs for 336 yards and 2 TDs while Darius Lassiter has 16 receptions for 235 yards and 3 touchdowns. On defense, Harrison Taggart has a team-high 25 total tackles while Jack Kelly has a team-high 3 sacks. BYU’s defense as a whole has 10 sacks and 7 interceptions this season.

Why the BYU Cougars will win

• BYU has won each of its last five games.
• Arizona has lost six of its last seven road games in October.
• BYU has covered the spread in each of its last seven games.
• Arizona has failed to cover the spread in four of its last five games.

Arizona vs. BYU Prediction

I’m on BYU here. I like this Arizona team but it’s just so hard to figure out which Wildcat team is going to show up from a game-to-game basis. The Wildcats like to air it out and BYU has a pretty solid pass defense. BYU has just found a way to win and cover in every game so far this season and I think they get the job done once again here. Give me the Cougars.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: BYU -5