ESPN College Gameday Make Final BYU/Utah Picks Before Holy War

PROVO, Utah – For the second straight weekend, a BYU football game was featured on the ESPN College Gameday “Saturday Selections” portion of the program.

ESPN’s picks were almost the exact opposite of the predictions made by the FOX Big Noon Kickoff crew while in Provo this morning.

No. 15 BYU hosts No. 23 Utah at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday, October 18. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. MT on FOX.

RELATED: Former BYU, Utah Players Give Thoughts On Rivalry Week Matchup

 

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ESPN College Gameday picks for No. 15 BYU vs. No. 23 Utah

Former Michigan Wolverine Desmond Howard joined Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee, and special guest Jelly Roll in picking the Cougars.

Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban was the only member of the crew to pick Utah.

College Gameday picks for BYU-Utah

Des: BYU
Saban: Utah
McAfee: BYU
Jelly Roll: BYU
Herbie: BYU pic.twitter.com/iHI4GhejMW

— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) October 18, 2025

This is the first meeting between these programs as ranked teams since a 26-23 BYU win in 2009. The Cougars entered the matchup ranked No. 18 in the country, finishing the year at No. 12. Utah was No. 22 at the time of the game and rose to No. 18 in the final AP Top 25.

BYU-Utah rivalry week reading

• Here’s What Dave Portnoy Had To Say About BYU/Provo

• Former Cougar QB Jaren Hall: Utah-BYU Isn’t “Just Another Game”

• Utah’s Initial Availability Report For The BYU Rivalry Game

• BYU Football Availability Report Entering Rivalry Game Against Utah

• Ranking Utah Football’s Five Biggest Wins In Holy War Rivalry

• Ranking BYU Football’s Five Biggest Wins In Holy War Rivalry

• Former BYU, Utah Players Give Thoughts On Rivalry Week Matchup

• Kalani Sitake, Kyle Whittingham Named To National Coach Of The Year Watch List

• Every Player To Switch Sides In The Utah/BYU Football Rivalry

• Five Things We Learned From Kalani Sitake’s BYU/Utah Presser

• Takeaways From Kyle Whittingham’s Rivalry Week Press Conference

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Where can I find the BYU football postgame show?

BYU Cougars vs. Utah Utes recap on KSL Sports Zone (97.5 FM), sports.ksl.com, and the KSL Sports app.

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Find BYU’s entire 2025 football schedule here.

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