The well-rested BYU Cougars woke up Sunday morning after presumably getting an extra hour of sleep and found themselves alone atop the Big 12 football standings , thanks to red-hot rival Utah’s 45-14 crushing of No. 17 Cincinnati in Salt Lake City.

The Cougars also found themselves in a familiar situation. Once again they are a considerable underdog heading into their most important game in the 2025 college football season to date.

Second-place Texas Tech (5-1, 8-1) is around a 10-point favorite over No. 8 BYU (5-0, 8-0) in Saturday’s long-awaited clash at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

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