Oddsmaker give BYU reasonable odds to reach the College Football Playoff at +350, according to FanDuel. However, the Cougars trail even rival Utah -- which lost a head-to-head matchup and already has a second loss. The -480 odds to miss the playoff seems to imply that Vegas expects BYU to falter down the stretch.

I can’t say I’ve seen a lot of wins like BYU’s beatdown of TCU Saturday. From start to finish, BYU boat raced the Horned Frogs in a game where the game-clinchin