National College Football Media Give Predictions For BYU At Baylor
Oct 15, 2021, 11:25 PM | Updated: Oct 16, 2021, 2:03 am
PROVO, UT - OCTOBER 9: Kalani Sitake head coach of the BYU Cougars reacts on the sideline during the final minutes of their upset loss to the Boise State Broncos October 9, 2021 at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)
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WACO, Texas – The college football season continues to fly by as we now enter week seven. One of the top games for the weekend is No. 19 BYU traveling to future Big 12 Conference foe Baylor.
Despite being the nationally-ranked team in the matchup, BYU is perceived as an underdog heading into their first trip to Waco since 1983.
The national pundits and analysts around college football have laid down a lot of picks for this game. Here’s a roundup of how the nation views BYU-Baylor playing out on Saturday afternoon.
College Football Media predict BYU vs. Baylor
ESPN
🔥😤 WEEK 7 SP+ PICKS 🤯🔓
Mich St 29, Indiana 22
Texas 29, OSU 26
Cincy 35, UCF 22
YALE 32, UCONN 23
Baylor 30, BYU 23
UGA 35, UK 15
Pitt 32, VT 24
Iowa 28, Purdue 17
Bama 32, Miss St 22
BC 29, NC St 26
Tenn 33, Ole Miss 29 (needs 40 more pts)
OU 37, TCU 27
Ariz St 27, Utah 25 pic.twitter.com/cOhhyI6VAC— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) October 13, 2021
Bill Connelly SP+: Baylor 30, BYU 23
FPI: Baylor was given a 73.3% chance of winning
Bleacher Report
“Prior to Week 6, BYU had only turned the ball over twice and won the turnover battle (and the game) in all five contests,” wrote B/R’s Kerry Miller. “When the Cougars were plus-one in turnover margin, they won by one score. When they were plus-two, they won by two scores. So if Bohanon remains calm, cool and collected with no giveaways, I like Baylor in this one.”
Baylor 31, BYU 24
View from #BYU’s sideline inside McLane Stadium.#BYUFootball @kslsports pic.twitter.com/gJRZtmkErE
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) October 16, 2021
Scooby Axson: Baylor
Jace Evans: Baylor
Paul Myerberg: BYU
Erick Smith: BYU
Eddie Timanus: Baylor
Heather Tucker: Baylor
Dan Wolken: Baylor
📍McLane Stadium@BYUfootball vs. @BUFootball #GoCougs #BYU pic.twitter.com/KF4kmLGHH6
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) October 16, 2021
Yahoo! – College Football Enquirer Podcast
Against the spread
Dan Wetzel: Baylor
Pat Forde: Baylor
Pete Thamel: BYU
Sean Sullivan: Baylor
Thamel on his BYU pick: “One of the things about BYU is that they’re just sound and solid. They’ve got big, huge linemen. They have an NFL tailback. Jaren Hall is back from injury, played okay against Boise, not great. This is a better BYU team at outside receiver than most seasons. I don’t know if BYU is going to go in there and win, but I think at the very least they are going to make it close. …I like BYU licking their wounds coming back on the road and making a statement in Waco. And at the very least they’re going to cover that six.”
Molly Geary: Baylor
John Garcia: BYU
Ross Dellenger: Baylor
Pat Forde: Baylor
Richard Johnson: Baylor
Baylor 31, BYU 28
Steven Lassan: Baylor
Mark Ross: Baylor
Ben Weinrib: Baylor
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSLsports.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
