Big 12 Football 2025 Team-By-Team Miles Traveled: BYU Tops List

By Bill Speros Jun 25th, 2025 2:29 PM EET

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The 16-team Big 12 begins its second season in 2025. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah all joined the conference last year. 

Newcomer Arizona State was the biggest surprise of the college football season. The Sun Devils won the Big 12 Conference title game before losing to Texas 39-31 in double-OT in the College Football Playoff. The Sun Devils rolled against the spread. going 12-2 on the line. 

But the BYU Cougars will travel the most of any college football team the 16-school conference in 2025. BYU is scheduled to travel 13,528.60 linear miles, as measured from stadium to stadium by bookies.com via Google Earth. Kansas State is a close No. 2 the Big 12 Miles Traveled list. The Wildcats are set to travel 13,389.52 miles. 

Baylor travels the fewest miles of any Big 12 football team this season. The Bears travel 6,029.27 miles in five road trips. 

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Kansas State and Iowa State open the college football season on August 23 in Dublin, Ireland. That round trip covers 7759.86 miles for Iowa State and 8254.16 miles for K-State. Within the Continental U.S., the longes road trip by a Big 12 team has UCF visiting BYU on November 29. The Golden Knights travel 3801.66 miles round-trip. 

The shortest journey for any Big 12 team has Houston visiting Rice - a round-trip of just 7.28 miles. That's the shortest campus-to-campus trip in all of Division I college football this season. 

2025 Big 12 Travel Miles - Ranked Most To Least

Here is the team-by-team ranking of linear miles traveled by each football team in the Big 12, as measured by Google Earth from stadium-to-stadium compiled by bookies.com. Teams are listed by total miles traveled, along with the average mileage of each road trip, the total number of time zones crossed (zones), and the longest and shortest road trips. 

Big 12 Travel Miles Rankings – 2025

Team	Total Miles	Zones	Longest Trip	Shortest Trip
BYU	13,528.60	14	3768.58	1351.24
Kansas State	13,389.52	18	8254.16	148.26
Iowa State	13,190.80	16	7759.86	892.88
West Virginia	12,592.50	12	3632.38	233.54
UCF	12,075.14	4	3801.66	1502.98
Arizona State	8,909.68	16	2662.60	1013.4
Houston	8,642.10	8	3668.46	7.28
TCU	9,256.76	10	2161.02	476.82
Arizona	8,744.92	16	3098.42	202.54
Cincinnati	8,233.34	12	2892.62	1068.62
Oklahoma State	7,825.40	10	2943.72	439.84
Utah	8,039.31	10	3350.96	72.38
Texas Tech	7,109.28	8	2563.48	933.04
Colorado	7,454.34	10	2677.5	700.32
Kansas	5,956.68	6	2152.18	313.08
Baylor	6,029.27	6	3521.8	90.53

Until the end of Daylight Savings Time on Nov. 2, the Big 12 will cover all four time zones in the Continental U.S. DST is not observed in much of Arizona. Technically, the state remains in the Mountain Time Zone. But until the end of DST, Tempe and Tucson are three hours behind their counterparts in the Eastern Time Zone. The time zones noted in our chart reflect the change at the time of the game. 

2025 Big 12 Travel Miles - Team-By-Team 

Here is the team-by-team breakdown of linear miles traveled by each football team in the Big 12, as measured by Google Earth from stadium-to-stadium compiled by bookies.com. Teams are listed by alphabetical order, along with the opponent and mileage of each road trip, and number of time zones crossed. 

The Big 12 joined the ACC, Big Ten, and SEC as one of college football’s new “Power Four” conferences following the demise of the OG Pac-12 last season. 

Each Big 12 team will have either five or six road trips. There are no divisions within the conference. The top two teams with the best conference record will advance to the Big 12 Championship game on Dec. 6. Conference play begins on Friday, Sept, 12, when Colorado visits Houston. 

2025 Arizona Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 27	Iowa State	2326.14	4
Oct. 18	Houston	1873.98	4
Nov. 1	Colorado	1243.84	2
Nov. 15	Cincinnati	3098.42	6
Nov. 28	ASU	202.54	0
TOTALS		8744.92	16
AVERAGE TRIP: 1748.98 miles

2025 ASU Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 6	Mississippi State	2662.6	4
Sept. 20	Baylor	1744.62	4
Oct. 11	Utah	1013.4	2
Nov. 1	Iowa State	2318.24	4
Nov. 22	Colorado	1170.82	2
TOTALS		8909.68	16
AVERAGE TRIP: 1781.936 miles

2025 Baylor Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 6	SMU	90.53	0
Sept. 27	Oklahoma St.	630.88	0
Oct. 18	TCU	161.54	0
Oct. 25	Cincinnati	3521.8	2
Nov. 22	Arizona	1624.52	4
TOTAL		6029.27	6
AVERAGE TRIP: 1205.854 miles

BYU 2025 Football Travel

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 20	East Carolina	3768.58	4
Sept. 27	Colorado	1351.24	0
Oct. 11	Arizona	2224.48	2
Oct. 25	Iowa State	1887.4	2
Nov. 8	Texas Tech	1418.36	2
Nov. 22	Cincinnati	2878.54	4
TOTAL		13528.6	14
AVERAGE TRIP: 2254.76 miles

2025 Cincinnati Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Aug. 29	Nebraska (KC)	1068.62	2
Sept. 27	Kansas	1151.12	2
Oct. 19	Oklahoma St.	1433.56	2
Nov. 1	Utah	2892.62	4
Nov. 29	TCU	1687.42	2
TOTAL		8233.34	12
AVERAGE TRIP: 1646.668 miles

2025 Colorado Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 12	Houston	1809.98	2
Oct. 4	TCU	1336.84	2
Oct. 25	Utah	700.32	0
Nov. 8	West Virginia	2677.5	4
Nov. 29	Kansas State	929.7	2
TOTAL		7454.34	10
AVERAGE TRIP: 1490.868 miles

2025 Houston Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 6	Rice	7.28	0
Sept. 26	Oregon St.	3668.46	4
Oct. 11	Oklahoma St.	907.04	0
Oct. 25	Arizona St.	2015.88	2
Nov. 7	UCF	1714.04	2
Nov. 29	Baylor	329.4	0
TOTAL		8642.1	8
AVERAGE TRIP: 1440.35 miles

2025 Iowa St. Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Aug. 23	Kansas St. (Dublin)	7759.86	12
Sept. 13	Arkansas St.	909.58	0
Oct. 4	Cincinnati	1036.36	2
Oct. 11	Colorado	1242.98	2
Nov. 8	TCU	1349.14	0
Nov. 29	Oklahoma St.	892.88	0
TOTAL		13190.8	16
AVERAGE TRIP: 2198.46 miles

2025 Kansas Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 6	Missouri	313.08	0
Oct. 4	UCF	2152.18	2
Oct. 11	Texas Tech	1046.3	0
Nov. 8	Arizona	1990.82	4
Nov. 22	Iowa St.	454.3	0
TOTAL		5956.68	6
AVERAGE TRIP: 1191.336 miles

2025 Kansas St. Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Aug. 23	Iowa St. (Dublin)	8254.16	12
Sept. 12	Arizona	1873.44	4
Oct. 4	Baylor	1057.92	0
Oct. 25	Kansas	148.26	0
Nov. 15	Oklahoma St.	428.26	0
Nov. 22	Utah	1627.48	2
TOTAL		13389.52	18
AVERAGE TRIP: 2231.586 miles

2025 Oklahoma St. Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 6	Oregon	2943.72	4
Oct. 4	Arizona	1674.08	4
Oct. 25	Texas Tech	647.7	0
Nov. 1	Kansas	439.84	0
Nov. 22	UCF	2120.06	2
TOTAL		7825.4	10
AVERAGE TRIP: 1565.08 miles

2025 TCU Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 1	North Carolina	2133.88	2
Sept. 26	Arizona	1688.16	4
Oct. 11	Kansas St.	901.32	0
Oct. 25	West Virginia	2161.02	2
Nov. 15	BYU	1895.56	2
Nov. 22	Houston	476.82	0
TOTAL		9256.76	10
AVERAGE TRIP: 1542.79 miles

2025 Texas Tech Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 20	Utah	1479.46	2
Oct. 4	Houston	933.04	0
Oct. 18	Arizona St.	1159.66	4
Nov. 1	Kansas St.	973.64	0
Nov. 29	West Virginia	2563.48	2
TOTAL		7109.28	8
AVERAGE TRIP: 1421.856 miles

2025 UCF Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Sept. 27	Kansas St.	2288.28	2
Oct. 11	Cincinnati	1502.98	0
Nov. 1	Baylor	1945.18	2
Nov. 15	Texas Tech	2537.04	2
Nov. 29	BYU	3801.66	4
TOTAL		12075.14	4
AVERAGE TRIP: 2415.028 miles

2025 Utah Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Aug. 30	UCLA	1144.66	2
Sept. 13	Wyoming	658.92	0
Sept. 27	West Virginia	3350.96	4
Oct. 18	BYU	72.38	0
Nov. 15	Baylor	1036.65	2
Nov. 28	Kansas	1775.74	2
TOTAL		8039.31	10
AVERAGE TRIP: 1339.885 miles

2025 West Virginia Football Miles Traveled

Date	Road Opponent	Miles	Time Zones
Aug. 30	Ohio	233.54	0
Sept. 20	Kansas	1635.78	2
Oct. 3	BYU	3340.94	4
Oct. 18	UCF	1532.36	0
Nov. 1	Houston	2217.5	0
Nov. 15	Arizona St.	3632.38	6
TOTAL		12592.5	12
AVERAGE TRIP: 2098.75 miles

2025 Big 12 Team-By-Team Odds To Win Title

Here’s a breakdown of the odds each Big 12 team has to win the conference championship via BetMGM.

Odds to Win the Big 12 – 2025 Season

Team	Odds
Kansas State	+300
Utah	+350
Arizona	+500
Texas Tech	+750
TCU	+800
Kansas	+1200
UCF	+1500
Iowa State	+1800
Colorado	+2000
Oklahoma State	+2500
Cincinnati	+3000
BYU	+3500
Baylor	+4000
Houston	+4500
Arizona State	+5000
West Virginia	+6000

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