After knocking off then-No. 13 Kansas State (3-1) on Saturday, No. 22 BYU (4-0) looks to keep its undefeated season going as the Cougars head to Waco, Texas to take on Baylor (2-2). The Cougars and the Bears are meeting for just the fifth time in the series and the...
Here's to another great week of Big 12 football predictions! Week five should be another fun one with a full slate of great matchups including No. 23 Kansas State hosting No. 20 Oklahoma State. We also have UCF (3-0) taking on Colorado (3-1) as the Knights host FOX’s Big Noon...
The intensity and excitement picked up this past week as Big 12 play started for most conference members. There were upsets, upsets and even more upsets as BYU took down then-No. 13 Kansas State 38-9 at home in a very bizarre game, while Utah -- without Cam Rising-- went into...
BYU is 4-0 for the first time since 2021, and is now ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press Top 25. The Cougars are coming off a 38-9 home win over then-No. 13 Kansas State, despite being a touchdown underdog. The 29-point win is the largest margin of victory over...
What a statement by BYU! After going down 6-0 to No. 13 Kansas State, the Cougars outscored the Wildcats 38-3 to roll to dominating 38-9 victory Saturday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium. BYU started slow but scored two touchdowns in less than a minute apart right before halftime to give the...
In its first Big 12 road conference game in program history, the 12th ranked Utah Utes (4-0) went into Stillwater, Oklahoma and walked out with an impressive 22-19 victory over No. 14 Oklahoma State (3-1) inside Boone Pickens Stadium. From the start of the game, the Utes controlled both the...
BYU opens Big 12 play hosting No. 13 Kansas State at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday. The game will be the ninth time in the series that BYU and Kansas State have faced off. The series is tied 4-4 with the last matchup being the 1997 Cotton Bowl where No....
After a nearly eight-decade hiatus, No. 12 Utah and No. 14 Oklahoma State will resume their series in Stillwater, Oklahoma in what will be the Big 12 opener for both teams. Both teams are riding high with 3-0 records and eager to establish themselves as one of the favorites in...
Here's to another great week of Big 12 football predictions! Week four should be a fun one with a full slate of great matchups with several games pitting undefeated Big 12 teams against each other. Last week I went 10-3 thanks to losses from Kansas, TCU and West Virginia. Hopefully...
This past week wasn't nearly as exciting in the Big 12 as half the league took on schools from the Mountain West Conference. In total, Big 12 teams went 11-4 overall, including a 6-1 record against the MWC -- sorry Kansas! Two of the biggest games this week were Big...
BYU led from start to finish and cruised to a 34-14 road victory over Wyoming Saturday night at War Memorial Stadium. The win was BYU's 10th consecutive in the series and gives the Cougars a perfect non-conference record (3-0) for the second straight season. BYU QB Jake Retzlaff bounced back from...
Welcome to the Big 12, Arizona. Although it didn't count officially as a conference game, No. 14 Kansas State made sure they gave No. 20 Arizona a nice welcome into the Conference Friday night with a 31-7 blowout victory inside Bill Snyder Family Stadium. In a top-20 matchup between Big 12...
Get ready for another thrilling week of Big 12 football predictions! Week three is shaping up to be a good one, featuring some of the most exciting games of the season, including the first Big 12 Conference game of the season between TCU and UCF. Not to be outdone, No....
After upsetting SMU on the road last week, BYU looks to keep the winning streak going as the Cougars travel to Laramie to take on Wyoming in the final non-conference game of the season. Following the game, the Cougars will turn their attention to Big 12 play as BYU...
There were some upsets and disappointments for the Big 12 Conference this weekend as teams went 10-6 overall, including wins against the SEC, Big Ten and ACC conferences. BYU (2-0) and Iowa State (2-0) picked up the biggest wins of the week for the Big 12 as the Cougars went...
There are three certainties in life: Death, Taxes, and Utah winning home football games! Utah quarterback Cam Rising threw for 92 yards and two touchdowns to lead the 11th-ranked Utes to a 23-12 victory over Baylor in a non-conference matchup at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday. However, Unfortunately for Ute fans,...
It was another memorable rivalry game between No. 21 Iowa and Iowa State on Saturday. Iowa State kicker Kyle Konrardy stepped up and nailed a 54-yard field goal with just six seconds remaining to secure a dramatic 20-19 win over the Hawkeyes. With Iowa State (2-0) starting their final drive at...
BYU (2-0) remains unbeaten against SMU (2-1) as the Cougars improved to 5-0 in the series with another win Friday night. Despite the low scoring game, it was a thrilling finish as BYU's Will Ferrin nailed a 26-yard field goal with 1:58 remaining to lift BYU over SMU 18-15, snapping...
BYU and SMU met for the fifth time in program history Friday night when the Cougars took the field at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas. The Cougars came in unbeaten (4-0) against the Mustangs and looked to keep it going after a close call in 2022 when BYU...
Football season is finally here and BYU fans, players, and coaches could not be more excited when the team takes the field against Southern Illinois Saturday evening at LaVell Edwards Stadium. It's been a long time coming, especially after the Cougars dropped two winnable games to end the season at...
The Big 12 Conference has undergone a major transformation over the past year. With Texas and Oklahoma no longer part of the conference, the arrival of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah has given the Big 12 more balance in what should be an exciting conference race this year. While...
He didn't disappoint. Cam Rising made his triumphant return as the senior had a career-high five touchdown passes — three to Brant Kuithe — to power No. 12 Utah to a 49-0 win over Southern Utah on Thursday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium. In his first game back, Rising, a seventh-year senior,...
No. 7 Texas (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) overpowered BYU (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) from start to finish as the Longhorns coasted to a 35-6 home victory over the Cougars Saturday afternoon at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. With the win, Texas picked up its second win over BYU in program...
ESPN's College GameDay was in Salt Lake City today ahead of a huge Pac-12 matchup featuring No. 8 Oregon (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12) and No. 13 Utah (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12) at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Saturday also marked the fifth time that GameDay has come to Salt Lake City -- with the last...
It’s time for bowl projections. BYU bounced back with a big win over Texas Tech to remain unbeaten at home. The Cougars improved to 5-2 on the year and 4-0 at LaVell Edwards Stadium. The Utes took a big step forward to defending its Pac-12 title with a last-second 34-32 win over...
The game lived up to the hype. Utah kicker Cole Becker made a 38-yard field goal as time expired to give No. 14 Utah a thrilling 34-32 victory on the road over No. 18 USC. The game took an unexpected turn as Utah had an 11-point lead entering the fourth quarter,...
BYU led from start to finish as the Cougars coasted to a 27-14 victory over Texas Tech in front of a sellout crowd (63,523) at LaVell Edward Stadium Saturday night. It was a wild and wacky game in which BYU forced 5 turnovers, ran for a season high in yards...
It’s time for bowl projections. Coming off a bye week, the Utes bounced back from it's first loss of the season for a 34-14 home victory over Cal at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Utes rushed for more than 300 yards in the win. BYU and Utah State weren't so lucky as the Cougars...
Last year, I analyzed how ESPN's Football Power Index "FPI" had done in its predictions of how many wins and losses BYU would have each season. See here for a full breakdown of the FPI and the metrics used. As noted in the Fan Insider article, FPI was way off...
Let's talk about ESPN's Football Power Index or "FPI" as many call it. Yes, you've probably heard people reference it 100 times already this season, but for sports fans that are interested in how it works, you've come to the right place. When you go to your teams page on ESPN...
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