Injuries deplete the undefeated Cougars' roster as they travel to Fort Worth, seeking to break a decades-long road drought and secure their third consecutive 4-0 start.
The tenth-ranked BYU Cougars hit the road for the second time in the 2026 football season on Saturday. They'll head south to Fort Worth for a meeting with the TCU Horned Frogs.
Three days before BYU faces the only Mountain West foe, the team has given an initial update on player availability. There are eight Cougars players who have been ruled out of Saturday's contest.
Out
Cornerback Jonathan Kabeya
Safety Raider Damuni
Running back Sione Moa
Linebacker Siale Esera
Offensive lineman Caden McKee
Offensive lineman Andrew Gentry
Offensive lineman Ethan Thomason
Kicker Brody Laga
Probable
Cornerback Kevin Doe
The final availability report will be released 90 minutes prior to kickoff on Saturday. BYU is coming off a bye week following the win at Colorado State. Kalani Sitake's team is chasing history in "The Stockyards." Another win and the Cougars will start 4-0 for a third consecutive year. The best mark in school history over the past recruiting cycle.
Coming off a 12-2 season and Pop-Tarts Bowl title, BYU entered the season in the 2026 preseason polls ranked No. 14, tied with USC by AP voters, which marked the second-highest preseason AP ranking for BYU in program history (No. 10 in 1985), according to BYU Athletics.
After dropping back to No. 15 in the AP rankings following its 63-7 season-opening win over Utah Tech, BYU returned to the same slot in the AP poll where it finished last season at No. 11 following its 28-17 conference win over Arizona, while the coaches rated BYU at No. 13. Last week BYU moved up to No. 9 in both polls following its 41-23 road win at Colorado State.
Historically, BYU has been ranked 309 times overall in the AP poll since the program's first national ranking in 1974. The Cougars have been ranked in each of the last 18 AP polls released since entering last year's AP rankings at No. 25 with a 3-0 record.
Game Info
This is the second road trip for the Cougars this year. BYU is coming off its bye week after beating Colorado State in Fort Collins as a renewal. BYU enters at No. 10 in the AP Poll with a 3-0 record (1-0 in Big 12 play) following a bye week.
TCU sits at 2-2 after dropping their Big 12 opener to UCF. While BYU won big last year, the Cougars have historically struggled when playing TCU on the road in Fort Worth, where they are seeking their first win since 2006.
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