Does BYU play today? College football schedule for Cougars' next game after Week 10 bye

Week 10 of the college football season is underway and the No. 9-ranked BYU Cougars (8-0) will not be participating. Instead, they will have the opportunity to rest and recover as they prepare for their next matchup. They are on an open week and will not play at all today or this week. Every team in college football receives a few open weeks to rest and recover, and this is one for the Cougars.

Does BYU play today?

No, The Cougars do not play today and will not play at all in Week 10. Instead, they will stay at home to practice and recover as they get ready for their final four games of their season. The Cougars are on an open week before they travel to Utah to take on the Utes on November 9th.

Can BYU make it to the college football playoff this season?

Yes, the Cougars can make the 2024 college football playoffs. They are the favorite to win the Big 12, which would most likely earn them a spot in the playoffs.

In the new 12-team playoff format, the five highest-ranked conference champions automatically make the playoffs. The four highest-ranked of those teams earn a bye through the first round. The next seven slots go to the next seven highest-ranked teams as determined by the CFP selection committee.

So, to make the playoffs, a team most likely needs to be ranked within the top 12 of the AP Top 25 Poll. As things stand through the first nine weeks of the season, BYU is the No. 9-ranked team and the fifth-highest-ranked conference leader. So, if the season were to end today, BYU would make the playoffs as the last qualifying conference champion.

If they fall behind one of the other contenders in the Big 12, there is still a good chance the Cougars would make the playoffs as one of the next seven teams. The next highest-ranked Big 12 team is Iowa State at No. 11, so if those teams switched spots, the Cougars would still make the playoffs.

This is all dependent on them winning most of their remaining games, but that is likely. The Cougars do not have any games left against ranked opponents. They start with their next matchup against the Utah Utes on November 9th.

BYU college football schedule 2024

Nov 9: @ Utah
Nov 16: vs Kansas
Nov 23: @ Arizona State
Nov 30: vs Houston

About the author

Alexander O'Reilly is a journalist at Sportskeeda from Kingston, Ontario with over seven years in the field at companies including SenShot, RVBlogger, Monarch Media, WordAgents, GSeC LLC, and IGC.

His favorite college team is Duke, and his favorite sporting memory was Duke winning March Madness in 2010. JJ Redick was Alex's favorite college player when he was young but more recently, Caleb Williams gets the nod. As the Chicago Bears are Alex's favorite NFL team, this was a perfect match.

Alex's proudest moment came when he was interviewed by a radio station in Ottawa on his opinion on recent moves by the Ottawa Senators, which gave him a confidence boost and the knowledge that he could succeed as a writer.

Aside from sports, Alex likes to spend his time playing games. He is also very passionate about running and strives to improve at the half and full marathon distances.

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