BYU claimed the College Football Belt with a 26-20 victory over Baylor in Provo, overcoming a Bears team that controlled the line of scrimmage and time of possession. The Cougars struck first with a Jake Oldroyd field goal in the first quarter, then took a 10-7 halftime lead when Jaren Hall connected with Chase Roberts for a 20-yard touchdown with just two seconds left in the half. Baylor answered with a Qualan Jones touchdown run in the third quarter to tie it, but BYU responded with an Oldroyd field goal and a spectacular 22-yard touchdown pass from Hall to Roberts (technically a reverse) to seize control. In a back-and-forth fourth quarter, Blake Shapen led the Bears to another score to make it 23-20, setting up a dramatic finish where BYU's Lopini Katoa punched in a 3-yard touchdown run to secure the belt, though the two-point conversion failed.
Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.