College Football 2017: 5 teams on upset alert in Week 6
By Shane Lunnen
In a Pac-12 division crossover match-up, Stanford visits Utah late Saturday night. Despite being the home team and ranked 20th, the Utes are five-point underdogs.
Stanford enters this game winners of two straight. Running back Bryce Love passed the 300 yard mark last game against Arizona State on 25 carries and scored 3 touchdowns. With that performance and leading the nation in rushing with 1,088 yards on the ground, Love is now garnering Heisman talk.
Utah is 4-0 and picked up a conference win last week over Arizona. The Utes 18th-ranked scoring defense will need to key on Love in order to have a chance in this one. Utah is scoring 35 points per game but their opponents have including North Dakota and San Jose State.
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Utah can win this one because of their defense. Stanford is very one dimensional with Love. If the Utes can limit him, they will have a chance. Stanford has also lost their first two away games this year against USC and San Diego State. Utah is not an easy place to play and even though many are not picking them, going against the grain is the name of the game when picking upsets.