Arizona at BYU
Fan take
Arizona fans
How they got here
Last three games · 2025 season
Arizona · 9-4
Picked #27 in the preseason · now #35 — about right.
2-1 in its last three, one over ranked or top-40 competition.
L 19–24 @ SMUTop 25 #10 of 668
lost by 5 as a 2.5-point underdog
W 23–7 @ Arizona StateTop 25 #40 of 668
won by 16 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 41–17 vs Baylor #55 of 668
won by 24 as a 6.5-point favorite
W 30–24 @ CincinnatiTop 25 #49 of 668
won by 6 as a 6-point underdog
W 24–20 vs Kansas #66 of 668
won by 4 as a 6.5-point favorite
W 52–17 @ Colorado #105 of 668
won by 35 as a 3.5-point favorite
L 28–31 @ HoustonTop 25 #55 of 668
lost by 3 as a 2.5-point favorite
L 27–33 vs BYUTop 25 #19 of 668
lost by 6 as a 2.5-point underdog
W 41–13 vs Oklahoma State #137 of 668
won by 28 as a 23.5-point favorite
L 14–39 @ Iowa StateTop 25 #41 of 668
lost by 25 as a 3.5-point underdog
W 23–17 vs Kansas StateTop 25 #34 of 668
won by 6 as a 1.5-point underdog
W 48–3 vs Weber State #156 of 668
won by 45 as a 31.5-point favorite
W 40–6 vs Hawai'i #92 of 668
won by 34 as a 15.5-point favorite
Last three games · 2025 season
BYU · 12-2
Picked #9 in the preseason · now #17 — about right.
2-1 in its last three, one over ranked or top-40 competition.
W 25–21 vs Georgia TechTop 25 #48 of 668
won by 4 as a 3.5-point favorite
L 7–34 @ Texas TechTop 25 #4 of 668
lost by 27 as a 13.5-point underdog
W 41–21 vs UCF #101 of 668
won by 20 as a 17.5-point favorite
W 26–14 @ CincinnatiTop 25 #49 of 668
won by 12 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 44–13 vs TCUTop 25 #48 of 668
won by 31 as a 3-point favorite
L 7–29 @ Texas TechTop 25 #5 of 668
lost by 22 as a 13.5-point underdog
W 41–27 @ Iowa StateTop 25 #40 of 668
won by 14 as a 2.5-point underdog
W 24–21 vs UtahTop 25 #17 of 668
won by 3 as a 5.5-point underdog
W 33–27 @ ArizonaTop 25 #62 of 668
won by 6 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 38–24 vs West Virginia #100 of 668
won by 14 as a 20-point favorite
W 24–21 @ Colorado #77 of 668
won by 3 as a 6.5-point favorite
W 34–13 @ East Carolina #68 of 668
won by 21 as a 5.5-point favorite
W 27–3 vs Stanford #83 of 668
won by 24 as a 20.5-point favorite
W 69–0 vs Portland State #213 of 668
won by 69 as a 44.5-point favorite
What’s at stake
Make the CFP field
Win the conference
Win it all
CFP odds as of September 13, 2026
The series
BYU leads the series 15-12-1
28 meetings since 1936 · BYU has won the last 6
- 2026BYU 28–17
- 2025BYU 33–27
- 2024BYU 41–19
- 2021 · neutral siteBYU 24–16
- 2018BYU 28–23
Best players
Arizona
- Taye Brown (LB) · 15 tackles
- Noah Fifita (QB) · 492 passing yards — Heisman odds: 37th (+10000)
- Gio Richardson (WR) · 144 receiving yards
BYU
- Legend Glasker (WR) · 139 receiving yards
- Bear Bachmeier (QB) · 415 passing yards — Heisman odds: 19th (+5500)
- LJ Martin (RB) · 152 rushing yards — Heisman odds: 78th (+20000)
The line, and the room
Arizona fans are feeling better about their season (88th percentile) than BYU fans are (74th) — even with BYU favored here.
Home −6.5 · O/U 49.5
Conditions
85°F · 12 mph wind · Cloudy
BYU is worth +3.1 points (±3.7) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 31st percentile.
74% at home, 61% on the road against FBS opponents (31–11 home, 27–17 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -0.9 at home vs. away over 70 games — inside the ±6.7 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
4,633 ft of altitude — real, and smaller than the folklore: high venues run a point or two better against the number, noisily. The visitors travel about 556 miles to get here.
Arizona 17 – BYU 28
Called it — picked BYU to win.
Recent games
BYU
- Wk 1Wvs Utah Tech63-7
Arizona
- Wk 1Wvs Northern Arizona35-7
Trajectory
Conference standings
- BYU#11-0
- Arizona#160-1
BYU handled Arizona 28-17, matching the pregame favorite.