Holy Score: What 12 wins, two bad losses and (another) playoff snub say about the next step for BYU

After 23 wins in two years and a pair of near-misses with the College Football Playoff, BYU is squarely on the brink.

Of what, we aren’t exactly sure.

It’s easy to envision the Cougars, armed with NIL cash and the perfect head coach, becoming an annual Big 12 contender, a periodic Big 12 champion and an occasional CFP participant (presuming the event expands to 16 teams starting next season).

Or is this BYU’s ceiling? Is this as good as it gets for the Cougars in college football’s postmodern era?