Context:

BYU hosts Baylor at LaVell Edwards Stadium at 1:30pm MT on FOX in a pivotal Big 12 contest that could decide an at-large CFP bid for BYU and keep Baylor’s title-game hopes alive. Both teams sit 4-2 in conference play, making it effectively an elimination game for the league championship path. Baylor has surged with interim coach Joe Klanderman, riding a 6-3 record after a 42-31 win over Iowa State, while BYU stands at 7-2 and faces its toughest remaining test. The standout storyline centers on DJ Lagway, whose dual-threat production has intensified the Bears’ offense and will test BYU’s defense. The outcome shapes the closing schedule and each program’s trajectory toward the postseason and Big 12 supremacy.

Dive Deeper:

• BYU's home game against Baylor is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. MT and will be televised on FOX at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo.

• Both teams are 4-2 in Big 12 play, making the matchup a de facto elimination game for the Big 12 Championship Game.

• Baylor has won six of its last eight games to move to 6-3 on the season, including a 42-31 victory over Iowa State in its most recent game.

• Interim coach Joe Klanderman has led Baylor to two straight wins since Dave Aranda was fired.

• Quarterback DJ Lagway has shown flashes of his five-star talent, throwing for 229 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for a career-high 119 yards against Iowa State.

• BYU enters at 7-2 and needs a win to sustain at-large CFP hopes, with the game listed as the toughest remaining on its schedule.