Wk 1 · 2026
Idaho Vandals at Utah Utes — Thu, Sep 3
Thu, Sep 3 ·
Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City
· ESPNU
Idaho Vandals
FCS / Other · no games yet
at
9:00pET
UTAH -33.5 · total 56.5 DraftKings
#21 Utah Utes
Big 12 · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. Utah is ranked #21 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17).
Efficiency · 2025 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Idaho form
L 20-23at SACL 28-31at SJSUL 10-13at WSU
2025 season
Utah form
W 31-21at KUW 51-47vs KSUW 55-28at BAYW 45-14vs CINW 53-7vs COLO
2025 season
Idaho this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Utah this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
Idaho leaders
No tracked players for this team.
From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.
No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.
Utah leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Devon Dampier QB #4 | 193/303, 2180 YDS, 22 TD, 5 INT |
| Byrd Ficklin QB #15 | 21/35, 301 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Rushing | Wayshawn Parker RB #1 | 133 CAR, 931 YDS, 6 TD |
| Devon Dampier QB #4 | 127 CAR, 687 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Byrd Ficklin QB #15 | 56 CAR, 503 YDS, 10 TD | |
| Receiving | Ryan Davis WR #9 | 57 REC, 659 YDS, 4 TD |
| Dallen Bentley TE #88 | 42 REC, 514 YDS, 5 TD | |
| JJ Buchanan WR #6 | 22 REC, 351 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Larry Simmons WR #12 | 14 REC, 271 YDS, 6 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Johnathan Hall LB #7 | 65 |
| Jackson Bennee S #23 | 61 | |
| Lander Barton LB #8 | 51 | |
| Sacks | John Henry Daley DE #90 | 11.5 |
| Logan Fano EDGE #0 | 4.5 | |
| Kash Dillon DE #93 | 3.5 | |
| Interceptions | Jackson Bennee S #23 | 4 |
| Trey Reynolds LB #10 | 2 | |
| Elijah Davis CB #9 | 2 |
Player production is per game from the
2025 season, for players on the current roster.