It is early, but BYU’s defense is among the best in the country. Here’s how it was built

How good is this BYU defense?

The conservative answer is that it is too early to tell, mainly because the Cougars haven’t played an offense capable of punching its way out of a wet paper bag through two games of a very young 2025 college football season. The offenses belonging to Portland State and Stanford, which combined to put up 212 yards and three points on BYU, are well below average.

Truthfully, they were as bad as any that have visited LaVell Edwards Stadium in recent memory, from this vantage point.

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The blue-goggled answer is that defensive coordinator Jay Hill’s group has done enough to show that it is one of the best de