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The BYU Cougars were favored eight times in 2025 and won all eight, and the moneyline on them as favorites returned 3.07 units; only one FBS team made more that way. Both of their losses came against Texas Tech.

Favorites who paid

BYU went 11-2 over a 13-game regular season, the Big 12 Championship included. As a favorite it was 8-0 straight up and 6-2 against the spread. Seven of those eight games had a moneyline; the 69-0 opener against Portland State at -44.5 did not. Short prices returned little: Stanford and West Virginia at -1600 paid 0.06 each. The units came from closer games: 33-27 at Arizona at -140, 44-13 over TCU at -155, 26-14 at Cincinnati at -145.

One unit on the Cougars to win, every game0+1+2+3+4+3.97 unitsfirst gamelast game
Running total over 11 priced 2025 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

The four underdog games

BYU beat Utah 24-21 at +180 and won 41-27 at Iowa State at +110, both in October. It lost 29-7 at Texas Tech at +13.5, then 34-7 to the same team in the Big 12 Championship at +12.5. Those four returned 0.9 units.

The Cougars at home, away, as favorite and as underdogHome (6)won 6 (100.0%)covered 4 of 5 (80.0%)Away (6)won 5 (83.3%)covered 4 of 6 (66.7%)Favorite (8)won 8 (100.0%)covered 6 of 8 (75.0%)Underdog (4)won 2 (50.0%)covered 2 of 4 (50.0%)50%
2025 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Against the spread

BYU covered eight of the 12 games with a line; UCF had none. Fourteen FBS teams covered more often and 12 at the same rate. October was the month: 4-0 straight up, three covers, 3.68 units on the moneyline.

The Cougars 2025 regular season, game by game2025-08-30 v Portland State Vikings 69-02025-09-06 v Stanford Cardinal 27-32025-09-20 at East Carolina Pirates 34-132025-09-27 at Colorado Buffaloes 24-212025-10-03 v West Virginia Mountaineers 38-242025-10-11 at Arizona Wildcats 33-272025-10-18 v Utah Utes 24-212025-10-25 at Iowa State Cyclones 41-272025-11-08 at Texas Tech Red Raiders 7-292025-11-15 v TCU Horned Frogs 44-132025-11-22 at Cincinnati Bearcats 26-142025-11-29 v UCF Knights 41-212025-12-06 v Texas Tech Red Raiders 7-34Wins above the line, losses below; bar length is the margincovered the spreaddid not cover0
11-2 in 13 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

The total

Totals split evenly, six and six. BYU allowed 19.0 points a game; 18 FBS teams allowed fewer.

The season closed with a 25-21 Pop-Tarts Bowl win over Georgia Tech.

Questions and answers

What did BYU do when favored in 2025?

Won all eight and covered six.

What is BYU’s 2025 record against the spread?

8-4; the UCF game carried no spread.

Who beat BYU in 2025?

Only Texas Tech, twice, by 22 and then 27 points.

Past games

  1. Cougars at TCU · 3 OctOur number has TCU by 2.5.
  2. Cougars at Colorado St · 19 SepThe BYU vs Colorado State recap was decided early.
  3. Cougars at Arizona · 12 SepThe Arizona vs BYU recap looked promising for underdog bettors at halftime and painful by the finish.

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