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SALT LAKE CITY — Week 11 was not kind to the local FBS football teams.
Utah's defense gave up over 300 yards through the air to Arizona in a 37-30 double overtime loss.
BYU allowed Missouri to convert on 13 of 20 third-down opportunities in a 20-16 loss to the Tigers.
And Utah State couldn't overcome a double digit deficit in the second half, falling to Air Force 35-28.
In other games this week, Houston rallied from a 20 point deficit in the fourth quarter, scoring 21 straight in a 35-34 win over Memphis. Oklahoma used its strong running attack to pull away from Baylor, 44-34.
With the games in the books, how did we do? Hopefully you weren't like me, picking all the local teams to win.
Here are the results of Week 11 of KSL's College Football Pick'em.
KSL.com user J. Vanderloo (Utah fan base) escaped Week 11 with a perfect 5-0 record, scoring 194 points out of a possible 250.
Vanderloo's best picks were Arizona 35, Utah 27 (47 points) and Houston 38, Memphis 30 (43 points). By finishing with the most points in Week 11, Vanderloo will receive a $30 Wells Fargo Visa gift card.
Consensus picks were 2-3 for the week (prediction, actual): Arizona vs. Utah (22-31, 37-30); Baylor vs. Oklahoma (36-33, 34-44); Houston vs. Memphis (33-32, 35-34); Missouri vs. BYU (19-26, 20-16); Air Force vs. Utah State (25-23, 35-28).
Ute fans were the most accurate in Week 11, scoring an average of 13.8 points per game, correctly picking 39 percent. BYU fans were a close second with 13.7 points and 39 percent, while Utah State was last with 10.5 points and only 29 percent correct.
Ute fans were the most optimistic fan base this week, with 99.6 percent of its fans picking the Utes to beat Arizona; 93.4 percent of BYU fans picked the Cougars to beat Missouri, while only 68.6 percent of Utah State fans predicted the Aggies to beat Air Force.
For those following the KSL Sports group, Josh Furlong lead the pack with a 3-2 record and 114 points in Week 11. Andy Larsen continues to be at the top of the overall leaderboard with a record of 40-15 and 1,423 points.
Here is the schedule for Week 12: BYU (7-3) vs. Fresno State (3-7); Utah State (5-5) vs. Nevada (6-4); Ohio State (10-0) vs. Michigan State (9-1); Utah (8-2) vs. UCLA (7-3); and Oklahoma State (10-0) vs. Baylor (8-1).
Remember that in addition to giving away the weekly $30 gift card, we're also giving away a 4K TV to the user with the highest total of their best seven weekly scores.
To play KSL College Football Pick'em, click HERE.
