Our side
MoneylineBYU to win
ours 74%
Projected score
16–32
CIN – BYU
2026-11-28 · kickoff TBD
LaVell Edwards Stadium · Provo, UT
B12 game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
BYU lead
4–0
· 4 meetings since 2015
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
36 ranks apart
Cincinnati Bearcats #27 rush offense
BYU Cougars #63 run defense
Pass game
even
22 ranks apart
Cincinnati Bearcats #37 pass offense
BYU Cougars #59 pass defense
Run game
edge BYU Cougars
142 ranks
BYU Cougars #43 rush offense
Cincinnati Bearcats #185 run defense
Pass game
edge BYU Cougars
53 ranks
BYU Cougars #99 pass offense
Cincinnati Bearcats #152 pass defense
Cincinnati Bearcats
Balanced · 53% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 48 rush ypg
BYU Cougars
Balanced · 57% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 41 rush ypg
Scott Satterfield · 80-57 · offense-minded
Kalani Sitake · 84-45
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Cincinnati Bearcats
RB
Gi'Bran Payne
210 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec
#70 RB
DL
Josh Hough
7 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#206 DL
WR
JV Gibson
9 rec · 133 yds · 2 TD
#129 WR
LB
Jonathan Thompson
14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#144 LB
BYU Cougars
QB
Bear Bachmeier
415 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT
#12 QB
DL
Tausili Akana
4 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#171 DL
WR
Legend Glasker
6 rec · 139 yds · 2 TD
#113 WR
WR
Kyler Kasper
8 rec · 93 yds · 2 TD
#116 WR
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Cincinnati offense vs BYU defense-2.3 pts
BYU offense vs Cincinnati defense+6.5 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,439 mi
Altitude · context only1,185 m higher than the visitor's home elevation
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.