BYU Cougars
0–0 · 0–0 BIG 12
Way too early
WEEK 8 · 2026
17%
Big 12 title game
6%
Win the Big 12
8%
Make the playoff
<1%
First-round bye
avg seed 8.6
Way-too-early read: preseason ratings, while rosters are still settling. The week-8 job: beat UCF.
The Saturday rundown
ranked by what moves BYU's pathYour game
TBD
SAT OCT 24
BYU at UCF
Your game. Beat UCF and your playoff odds are 11%; lose and they drop to 3%.
BYU 65%
Worth a glancesmaller, but real
TBD
SAT OCT 24
Texas Tech at Cincinnati
Big 12 race: Texas Tech losing helps your spot in the standings; Cincinnati visits your schedule in week 13 — keep them ranked.
Texas Tech 83%
TBD
SAT OCT 24
Houston at Utah
Big 12 race: Utah losing helps your spot in the standings; you still play Utah in week 10.
Utah 89%
51 more games that don't move your needle
West Virginia at TCU
Kansas State at Arizona State
Middle Tennessee at Florida International
Missouri State at Delaware
South Alabama at Marshall
Liberty at Kennesaw State
New Mexico State at Sam Houston
East Carolina at Memphis
James Madison at App State
Duke at Virginia
NC State at Stanford
Army at Tulsa
Texas A&M at Alabama
LSU at Auburn
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Oklahoma at Mississippi State
Tennessee at South Carolina
Ole Miss at Texas
Baylor at Kansas
Colorado at Oklahoma State
Iowa State at Arizona
California at SMU
Boston College at Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh at Miami
Syracuse at North Carolina
Virginia Tech at Clemson
Oregon at Illinois
Indiana at Michigan
Iowa at Minnesota
Rutgers at Northwestern
Michigan State at UCLA
USC at Wisconsin
San Diego State at Colorado State
Utah State at Texas State
Boise State at Washington State
Massachusetts at UConn
Rice at Florida Atlantic
North Texas at Navy
UTSA at Tulane
Air Force at Wyoming
Hawai'i at Northern Illinois
San José State at Nevada
Akron at Kent State
Bowling Green at Buffalo
Eastern Michigan at Ohio
Western Michigan at Toledo
Miami (OH) at Central Michigan
Georgia State at Arkansas State
Louisiana at Southern Miss
Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech
UL Monroe at Troy
Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 8, with preseason ratings projected from last season: way too early, enjoy responsibly. How the model works.