UCF Knights vs BYU Cougars Prediction, Odds and Picks for Saturday, 11/29/25

As we head into the final day of the season, the Central Florida Knights travel to Provo to face the BYU Cougars. This is an early start in the mountains, and there is much at stake. For UCF, they need this game to get bowl eligible. For BYU, a win means a trip to the Big 12 Championship game, and maybe a seat at the table in the playoffs. These cross-country games rarely go well for the visitors, and even less so when there is a gigantic talent gap. Weird things happen, but there is absolutely no reason that BYU shouldn’t roll here; I will take them -17.5.

BYU is a strong, physical team that bullies their opponents on both sides of the ball. The only team they haven’t been able to bully is Texas Tech, and UCF is not Texas Tech. BYU ranks in the top 40 defensively against both the pass and the run, and UCF is not a particularly potent offense. Only twice in conference play have they scored more than 20 points; one of those was against a bad West Virginia team, and the other was a strange Friday night game at home against Houston where they nabbed 3 interceptions to cue the scoring. I do not see the Knights scoring much against BYU, and the Cougars seem to be in a good rhythm offensively. There is too much at stake here for the Cougars to horse around; the books want us to take the under on this spread, but I think BYU wins going away. Take the Cougars.

UCF vs BYU Prediction: BYU -17.5 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.