Renewed rivalry between BYU-Utah one of college football’s top storylines in 2024

If you know college football, you know that the BYU-Utah rivalry — the “Holy War” game — has been one of the game’s very best rivalries

That’s why it was so disappointing when the teams stopped playing the last two years. It’s a problem that’s being rectified with both schools now part of the Big 12 Conference , with Yahoo! Sports identifying it as one of college football’s top storylines in 2024.

Utah is ranked No. 12 in the AP Preseason Top 25 and is one of the favorites to win the Big 12 and make the College Football Playoff in their first season after leaving the Pac-12 Conference. BYU went 5-7 in its first season in the Big 12 in 2023, including a 2-7 record in Big 12 play.

From Yahoo: “The recent round of conference realignment does have a silver lining or two if you’re a fan of renewing rivalries … Utah’s move to the Big 12 means that its rivalry game with BYU is back on as a conference matchup. The two teams will meet on Nov. 9. Oklahoma faces Missouri the same day to relive their old Big Eight and Big 12 contests.”

BYU and Utah haven’t played since BYU’s 26-17 win in Provo, Utah, in 2021. This year’s game will be at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.