BYU Opens as 35-Point Favorite Over Idaho State

Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports BYU is unsurprisingly a heavy favorite when they host Idaho State Saturday afternoon in LaVell Edwards Stadium. Opening lines were released for the game today and BYU opened as a 35-point favorite in multiple sports books. The over/under is 53.5.

BYU is 7-2 on the season and opened at #15 in the inaugural College Football Playoff rankings revealed earlier this week. Idaho State, meanwhile, is 1-7. Their lone win FBS game of the season was a 49-10 loss to Nevada and they are coming off a 40-17 home loss to Weber State.

BYU will probably hold multiple guys out after a 9-game gauntlet and bye week coming up next week. Georgia Southern the week after is 2-6, so BYU…