Utah gamers level towards the coed part after beating Southern Utah 73-7 in Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Utah hosts USC on Saturday. Ben B. Braun, Deseret Information
USC quarterback Caleb Williams will get set to move throughout a sport in opposition to Arizona State Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Los Angeles. The Utes will their arms full containing the gifted Trojan QB. Mark J. Terrill, Related Press
No. 7 USC (6-0, 3-0) at No. 20 Utah (4-2, 2-1)
Kickoff: 6 p.m. MDT
Venue: Rice-Eccles Stadium
TV: Fox
Livestream: https://www.foxsports.com
Radio: KALL 700 AM
Sequence: USC leads, 13-7
Climate: Partly cloudy skies with temperatures in low 70s at kickoff
The Developments
For Utah: The Utes beat USC within the L.A. Coliseum for the primary time in 105 years final season. Utah is driving an 11-game profitable streak at house.
For USC: The Trojans are off to their first 6-0 begin since 2006. USC is the final crew to beat Utah at Rice-Eccles Stadium, in 2020.
What to observe for
It is a much-anticipated matchup between two top-20 groups at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The end result might go a good distance in figuring out the Pac-12 championship.
The 2 groups are very related statistically. USC is scoring 40.3 factors per sport, whereas Utah is averaging 40.2. The Trojans are giving up 18.7 factors and the Utes are surrendering 19.0. Utah’s offense averages 461.8 yards per sport, whereas USC averages 457.8 yards. Defensively, the Utes are yielding 315.8 yards per sport and the Trojans are permitting 351.5.
As a crew, USC leads the nation in sacks. Defensive lineman Tuli Tuipulotu is No. 1 individually with 1.17 per sport and is tied for No. 1 within the nation in tackles-for-loss with 2.1 per sport.
Key participant
USC quarterback Caleb Williams will get set to move throughout a sport in opposition to Arizona State Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Los Angeles. The Utes will their arms full containing the gifted Trojan QB.
Mark J. Terrill, Related Press
Caleb Williams, quarterback USC: The Oklahoma switch has accomplished 122 of 188 passes for 1,590 yards with 14 touchdowns and thrown one interception this season. Williams has a bunch of athletic, gifted broad receivers at his disposal, together with the reigning Biletnikoff Award winner, Jordan Addison.
Quotable
“They’ve acquired an excellent group of receivers. They’re gifted. They’re harmful. They unfold the ball round so you possibly can’t give attention to only one man. You’ve acquired to have the ability to cowl the entire batch of them. That will likely be an amazing problem for our secondary in addition to a giant problem for our entrance to hurry up the quarterback so he doesn’t have all day to throw.” — Utah coach Kyle Whittingham
“There will likely be a number of 6-0 groups that may end rather well, some that end OK and a few that don’t end excellent. However it’s only a begin. It’s not a assure to something. Will probably be a difficult second half of the season. However that is when it will get essentially the most enjoyable. That is what you do it for. You set your self in an amazing place. Now it’s time to go speed up and do your finest.” — USC coach Lincoln Riley
Subsequent up
Utah has a bye subsequent week.
USC has a bye subsequent week.
Utah schedule
Sept. 3 — Florida 29, Utah 26
Sept. 10 — Utah 73, Southern Utah 7
Sept. 17 — Utah 35, San Diego State 7
Sept. 24 — Utah 34, Arizona State 13
Oct. 1 — Utah 42, Oregon State 16
Oct. 8 — UCLA 42, Utah 32
Oct. 15 — vs. USC (6 p.m., MDT, Fox)
Oct. 27 — at Washington State (8 p.m., MDT, FS1)
Nov. 5 — vs. Arizona (TBD)
Nov. 12 — vs. Stanford (TBD)
Nov. 19 — at Oregon (TBD)
Nov. 26 — at Colorado (TBD)
All instances MT