BYU’s Halloween date with Arizona State now has a kickoff time and a national TV home.
The Cougars and Sun Devils will meet Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1:30 p.m. Mountain Time, with FOX carrying the game. That sets up a daytime matchup at LaVell Edwards Stadium before the night shifts to trick-or-treating.
It will be BYU’s fifth appearance on network television this season.
The Cougars will get Arizona State in Provo for the first time since 2021, when BYU posted a 27-17 win over a ranked Sun Devil team. The last meeting between the programs came two years ago in Tempe, their first as Big 12 opponents, and Arizona State won 28-23 in a game that ended with a field storming.
BYU enters this stretch at 6-0 overall and 3-0 in Big 12 play, good for No. 2 in the AP Top 25 poll. Before the Halloween matchup, the Cougars head to UCF this Saturday.
Arizona State is 3-3 and 1-2 in conference play after a 53-25 loss at Texas Tech last weekend. The Sun Devils will host Kansas State in a Blackout game before making the trip to Provo.
BYU’s 2026 schedule now includes the UCF road game on Oct. 24 and the Arizona State home game on Oct. 31, both set for 1:30 p.m. MT on FOX and KSL NewsRadio.
2026 BYU football schedule
*Big 12 Conference game
September 5 - Utah Tech | Win, 63-7
September 12 - Arizona* | Win, 28-17
September 19 - at Colorado State | Win, 41-23
October 3 - at TCU* | Win, 17-10
October 9 - Iowa State* | Win, 24-10
October 17 - Notre Dame | Win, 28-24
October 24 - at UCF* | 1:30 p.m. (MT), FOX & KSL NewsRadio
October 31 - Arizona State* | 1:30 p.m. (MT), FOX & KSL NewsRadio
November 7 - at Utah*
November 14 - Baylor*
November 21 - at Kansas*
November 28 - Cincinnati*
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