Cougars Big 12 favorites? Cougar Nation predicts the 2025 BYU football season

Here's how the upcoming season plays out, according to the oracles of fandom.
BYU v Colorado - Valero Alamo Bowl
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BYU football fans, you've gazed into the crystal ball. Through the swirling mists. Through the mystifying atmosphere. Through a perplexing paradigm. Seeing beyond sight, and believing beyond belief, you've beheld a glimpse into the time stream and come out with a batch of knowledge unknowable by the average fan. You've seen the 2025 BYU football season.

This information has not come easily, and it will be highly sought after. Following a revolutionary 11-2 campaign, the future of BYU football seems to be up in the atmosphere. Bound for a world not of our own, the Cougars are a batch of jumbled enigmas.

Which is the real BYU football? The prior year's unfortunate bowl season whiff or the dominant romp through the Alamo Bowl? Who will stand behind the center? Who will dictate the future of Kalani's crew?

All this and more, I've asked you. And through the mighty power of the worldwide web -- cough cough follow @LawlessRepublic and @SharkWaffles_ on X cough cough -- the fate of the season has been determined. Cougar fans, you've called your shot, and here's a gander into the 2025 football season.

BYU football prediction by the fans, for the fans

Tiger Bachmeier, Hank Bachmeier
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Who will be QB1?

Bear Bachmeier - 83%
McCae Hillstead - 15.1%
Treyson Bourguet - 1.9%

How many wins will BYU get this year?

9-10 - 48.9%
11-12 - 28.9%
6-8 - 17.8%
5 or less - 4.4%

Who will be the player of the year?

LJ Martin - 53.8%
Chase Roberts - 25.6%
QB1 - 10.3%
Jack Kelley - 10.3%

Who wins the Holy War?

BYU in a close one - 50%
BYU by 10 or more - 43.2%
Utah by 10 or more - 4.5%
Utah in a close one - 2.3%

Who wins the Big 12 this season?

BYU - 61.2%
Texas Tech - 24.5%
Kansas State - 10.2%
Arizona State - 4.1%

Well, you heard it here first. In a 9-10 win season, BYU football -- led by starting quarterback Bear Bachmeier and unstoppable force LJ Martin -- will take down Utah in a tight Holy War battle en route to a Big 12 championship. This is the unstoppable course of BYU football, as the fans have so determined.

So let it be written. So let it be done.

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