For the first quarter of No. 11 BYU’s regular-season finale on Senior Day in front of 60,389 shivering fans at LaVell Edwards Stadium Saturday, the Cougars didn’t look anything like a team that should be playing in the Big 12 championship game, let alone the College Football Playoff.

But the final three quarters showed just the opposite, as BYU overcame an early two-touchdown deficit that had everybody in the place looking on in disbelief — the fourth time this season the Cougars have trailed by 14 points in a game — and rallied for a convincing 41-21 win to finish undefeated at home for the first time since 2020.

BYU (8-1, 11-1), who knew before the contest that it was already in the conference title game next Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, against No. 5 Texas Tech, playe

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