BYU·FBS Independents

2020 — The Ten-Win Year

BYU's 2020 season (11-1) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 11-1
Final result 11-win season Won the Boca Raton Bowl
AP final #14 post-bowls
SP+ +3.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Navy 55-3 W vs Troy 48-7 W vs Loui Tec 45-14 W vs UTSA 27-20 W @ Houston 43-26 W vs Texa Sta 52-14 W vs West Ken 41-10 W @ Bois Sta 51-17 W vs Nort Ala 66-14 L @ Coas Car 17-22 W vs San Sta 28-14 W vs UCF 49-23 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: BYU 55, Navy 3. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: BYU 17, Coastal Carolina 22. A 5-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: BYU beat UCF 49-23 in the postseason.

"Rise and Shout"
— BYU fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for BYU — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.