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This Sunday, the Bears will have an opportunity to even their conference record in Salt Lake City against the Utah Utes.

FIU has won three in a row, but next takes on unbeaten Liberty.

Line: Kansas by 9 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The Cougars make their Big 12 debut when they travel to Memorial Stadium to take on Kansas, a program that has been on the upswing under Lance Leipold the past two seasons. BYU squeezed out a 38-31 win at Arkansas while the Jayhawks won 31-24 at Nevada.

Line: Houston by 12 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The Cougars look to get back on track after consecutive losses to Rice and TCU when they host Sam Houston, which is looking for its first win. Houston will try to jumpstart its offense after failing to score an offensive touchdown in the 36-13 loss to the Horned Frogs last week in its Big 12 debut.

LSU coach Brian Kelly referred to the Arkansas Razorbacks this week as a “scary team.” The 12th-ranked Tigers (2-1, 1-0 SEC) are listed as more than two-touchdown favorites by FanDuel Sportsbook for the Saturday night tilt against Arkansas (2-1, 0-0) in Death Valley. Last year, the Tigers narrowly escaped Fayetteville with a 13-10 victory.

BYU fans didn’t appreciate that KU football coach Lance Leipold rounded up from 21.7.

Georgia found itself in a rare situation against South Carolina last weekend, when the unranked and largely unheralded Gamecocks jumped out to a 14-3 lead against the two-time defending national champions. Sure, the Bulldogs rallied with three unanswered touchdowns in the second half to keep their win streak going. “We did respond to adversity,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said of the close call.

Jacob Conover has been in this situation before. Two years ago, he made his collegiate debut in BYU’s 34-20 win over Utah State when quarterback Baylor Romney, filling in for an injured Jaren Hall, was also hurt late in the second quarter. Conover entered the game for the Cougars in the second half and completed 5 of 9 passes for 45 yards as BYU relied on its running attack to lead the team to the victory.

ESPN’s Bill Connelly ranked the 39 FBS undefeated college football teams in the country.

BYU’s quarterback was one of several Utah ties who made a solid impression this past week, one that could improve their draft profiles, according to a handful of national experts. Read more.