Defensive lineman Keanu Tanuvasa explains how Kalani Sitake’s ‘culture’ enabled Cougars to bounce back from big loss at Texas Tech.

The Utah Utes moved up two places in the latest weekly Associated Press college football poll, and the BYU Cougars moved up one spot.

A true testament for great players and great teams is to bounce back after a tough defeat. Freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeir and BYU passed this test with flying colors as the Cougars crushed TCU 44-13 Saturday night in Big 12 football.

Oddsmaker give BYU reasonable odds to reach the College Football Playoff at +350, according to FanDuel. However, the Cougars trail even rival Utah -- which lost a head-to-head matchup and already has a second loss. The -480 odds to miss the playoff seems to imply that Vegas expects BYU to falter down the stretch.

Against the Cougars in the first half, a struggling TCU offense averaged under 3.0 yards per carry for the majority of the first half. With a few chunk plays on the ground late in the half, the Frog offense eventually averaged 3.6 yards per carry. Jeremy Payne led all TCU running backs with 35 rushing yards on five attempts.

Here's why No. 12 BYU will be only a slight favorite over unranked TCU Saturday night when the former Mountain West rivals and current Big 12 foes tangle in Provo