The expectations surrounding both programs are different — the No. 12 Utes are a favorite to win the Big 12 and earn an automatic spot in the expanded College Football Playoff, while BYU, following a 5-7 season, is projected to fight just to make the postseason.

Schade: “I just try and honestly keep myself calm if I get my nerves too high, if I get nervous and I don't play well. So I just try to remember what I've been doing in practice. Remember that I'm just as talented as everybody else on the team, as everybody else on the BYU team. Just come into the game with like a calm mindset ready to play.

Only three points separate the top two teams in this week’s Big 12 Power Rankings. Utah remained No. 1 for the third consecutive week, receiving eight of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media that regularly covers the Big 12.