BYU Football: Previewing early 2025 Schedule
BYU Football, Schedule for 2025 and Early Look…
As one BYU football season ends, focus on the next season.
After finishing 2024 with a exciting 11-2 record and earning a 36-14 win over Colorado in the Alamo Bowl, BYU prepares for its 3rd season in the Big 12 Conference in 2025.
, What they need to know
The Cougars kick off their 2025 campaign on August 30 with a home game against Portland State from the FCS ranks.
Here’s an early preview of BYU’s 2025 schedule.
2025 BYU Football Schedule
Like the 2024 season, the 2025 schedule includes two bye weeks, starting with an August opener.
The Cougars will play four Big 12 home games and five road matchups within the conference.
The Big 12 has not yet released the official 2025 conference schedule. In past years, the schedule has been unveiled by late January or early February.
August 30 – Portland State Vikings
BYU will open the season at home against Portland State, echoing a familiar matchup.
The last time these teams met was the 2017 opener, which BYU narrowly won 20-6 during a disappointing 4-9 season.
Portland State wrapped up its 2024 season with a 3-8 record.
September 6 – Stanford Cardinal
BYU added a Power Five nonconference opponent by advancing a future home game against Stanford, originally scheduled for 2031.
Stanford will visit Provo for the first time since 2003. BYU won their most recent meeting in Palo Alto during the 2022 regular-season finale.
Stanford, led by former Utah offensive coordinator Troy Taylor, has struggled under his leadership with a 6-18 record through two seasons.
September 20 – at East Carolina Pirates
The Cougars will complete their two-game series with East Carolina in 2025.
The first matchup took place in Provo in 2022. Now, BYU will travel 2,231 miles to Greenville, North Carolina, to honor the contract established during their independent era.
This will be BYU’s second trip to ECU, their first since a 33-17 loss in 2017. East Carolina has won the last two meetings, including a 2022 victory in Provo.
The Pirates ended their 2024 season with an 8-5 record and a Bowl Season win over NC State.
Big 12 Home Games
TCU Horned Frogs
UCF Knights
Utah Utes
West Virginia Mountaineers
Utah and UCF are repeat opponents from BYU’s 2024 schedule and will visit Provo in 2025.
The Big 12 will decide how to schedule the BYU-Utah rivalry game. In 2024, it aired in November and drew 2.2 million viewers as BYU narrowly escaped with a 22-21 win at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Will the rivalry return to November or shift to the season’s final week?
BYU will host two Big 12 teams led by new head coaches: UCF’s Scott Frost and West Virginia’s Rich Rodriguez, both returning to familiar programs where they’ve excelled.
Big 12 Road Games
Arizona Wildcats
Colorado Buffaloes
Cincinnati Bearcats
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Two road games are rematches from 2024 (Arizona, Colorado). BYU will travel to Tucson for the first time since 2018 and Boulder for the first time since 1981.
The other three road games are against teams BYU hosted in Provo during its inaugural Big 12 season in 2023.
The Big 12 often schedules a bye after long road trips. For BYU in 2025, this likely applies to their visit to Cincinnati in the Eastern Time Zone.
The Colorado matchup should draw interest, as the Buffaloes will look for redemption after their Alamo Bowl loss to BYU.