Fox Sports’ Big Noon Kickoff To Return For Utah-BYU Rivalry Game
Oct 12, 2025, 2:14 PM
Fans walk past a sign before the “Barstool College Football Show” and Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff” pregame show held at the Smith’s Ultimate Tailgate Experience near Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, before the No. 16 Utah Utes played the No. 17 Texas Tech Red Raiders. (Photo courtesy of Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
(Photo courtesy of Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
It’s official. Fox Sports’ Big Noon Kickoff will return to the state of Utah for the BYU Cougars and Utah Utes week eight rivalry game.
In week four, the crew visited the University of Utah campus to see the Utes take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Next weekend, they will head down to Provo.
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Looking at all of the context for the matchup, it was definitely deserving of a national spotlight.
Undefeated Cougars, 5-1 Utes, and the first-ranked matchup between the rivals in over 15 years. The FOX crew will broadcast from the BYU campus starting at 8 a.m. (MT).
Kickoff between Utah and BYU is set for 6:00 p.m. (MT).
Utah, BYU Football Both In AP Poll For First Time This Season
For the first time this season, both Utah and BYU football find themselves in the AP Top 25 college football poll.
It’s fitting that this would happen right before the week eight rivalry matchup in LaVell Edwards Stadium.
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The Utes returned to Rice-Eccles after a bye week to host the No. 21 Arizona State Sun Devils on Saturday.
ASU didn’t have its starting quarterback, but Sam Leavitt wouldn’t have had much of an impact on the 279 rushing yards that Utah posted. They averaged seven yards per rush, and all six of their touchdowns came on the ground.
Quarterback Devon Dampier, after having two total touchdowns through five weeks, had three against the Sun Devils. It was his first three-score game as a Ute, and the fifth of his career.
That performance allowed Utah to re-enter the AP Poll at No. 23.
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BYU’s path to a week seven win wasn’t as smooth, but they still got it done with a 33-27 double-overtime victory over the Arizona Wildcats.
Trailing 24-14 in the fourth quarter, a field goal and a late Bear Bachmeier touchdown sent the game into OT.
After matching field goals in the first, the game went into a second overtime. It was there that Bachmeier would do it again, and the Cougars kept the undefeated season alive.
With the win, BYU jumped up three spots to No. 15.
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The Rest of The Big 12 Rankings
Once again, four Big 12 teams cracked the AP Poll. However, this week there are a couple of new faces.
Texas Tech still leads the pack. After putting the smack down on the Kansas Jayhawks, the Red Raiders jumped up to No. 7.
BYU is the second-highest-ranked team in the conference at No. 15. The following two are Utah at No. 23 and Cincinnati at No. 24.
