Was BYU a College Football Playoff snub? Here's why the Cougars did not make the CFP field despite a 1-loss regular season.

BYU’s football team capped a strong regular season with an impressive 11-1 record, but when the College Football Playoff field was announced, the No. 11 Cougars were left out.

The Big 12 has started to campaign for BYU to make the College Football Playoff. If the season ended today, BYU would be the first team left out of the 12-team

BYU Cougars football head coach Kalani Sitake celebrates after an interception as winning 41-27 over Iowa State during the third quarter at Jack Trice Stadium on Oct. 25, 2025, in Ames, Iowa. It’s November on the calendar, which means it’s time to ...

Saturday did not play out how BYU had hoped. In a 29-7 drubbing on the road, BYU football looked completely overmatched in their first taste of top-10 action. Whether BYU was really that bad, Texas Tech was really that good, or the truth lies somewhere in ...

BYU moved up a spot to 11th this week as Texas took a tumble after their third loss of the season. The Cougars were narrowly edged out by Alabama who had 1,062 voting points to BYU’s 992. One has to wonder, though, what certain pollsters are looking for ...

Bear Bachmeier headlines those most to blame for BYU's painful loss to Texas Tech in the 2025 Big 12 Championship Game

The College Football Playoff rankings have been released, and why am I not surprised? BYU falls to 12th after an admittedly stifling defeat to the now 6th-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders. At a glance, this makes perfect sense. Right in front of 13th-ranked ...

As a result, the Hurricanes will go on the road to face Texas A&M and Alabama will travel for a rematch with Oklahoma as the two standout games of the first round. The first round is rounded out by another rematch between Tulane and Ole Miss, and James Madison taking on Oregon as the biggest underdog of this year's playoff.