Arizona opens as heavy underdog for home game vs. Washington

Fresh off their first shutout loss in nine years, the Arizona Wildcats will look to put the Colorado result in the rearview mirror when they host Washington Friday at 7:30 p.m. MST on ESPN2. Unsurprisingly, oddsmakers don’t like Arizona’s chances.

The UA (0-6, 0-3 Pac-12) has opened as a 15-point home underdog against the Huskies, according to Circa Sports, marking the second straight time the Wildcats haven’t been favored at Arizona Stadium. Arizona is a slightly smaller home underdog than they were a few weeks ago against UCLA, when oddsmakers had them +16 (Arizona failed to cover, losing 34-16).

The Wildcats are 3-7 against the spread in their last 10 Pac-12 games. They did cover as 29.5-point underdogs at Oregon last month.

On the other side, Washington (2-4, 1-2) has failed to cover the spread in any of its Pac-12 games. The Huskies were 1.5-point favorites at home against UCLA this past weekend and fell 24-17.

The over/under for the matchup has opened at 46.5 points.