We don’t like laying more than a touchdown in season-opening conference games, especially these past few years with so many moving pieces going in and out of the transfer portal. They’ve also got a new defensive coordinator and will be playing in an extremely hostile environment on the opposite side of the country, at altitude. Florida turns to Wisconsin transfer Graham Mertz to replace Anthony Richardson at quarterback, but that’s not necessarily a better option than a half-strength Rising. They gave Florida everything it could handle in a 29-26 loss at the Swamp last year, and Utah could be even better in 2023 thanks to the return of tight end Brant Kuithe and a host of returning talent on defense. We still think the Utes are the proper play. The star signal-caller is coming back from a torn ACL and while the school has remained optimistic he’ll be good to go for the opener, the line now suggests otherwise.

This line opened at Utah -9 and took a nosedive thanks to limited info coming out of Utah’s camp on quarterback Cameron Rising. 16 Kansas StateĬollege Football Week 1 Best Bets Utah -5 over Florida

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