The Cougars were led by fifth-year head coach Kalani Sitake and played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

Steward took a position on the University of Arizona coaching staff and was replaced by former BYU fullback Harvey Unga.

These were moves by the Pac-12, Big Ten and SEC related to COVID-19 in order to reduce the spread of the virus through travel restrictions.

On August 8, 2020, the Mid-American Conference suspended their season taking Northern Illinois off of BYU's schedule.

[61][62] The NuSkin BYU Sports Network is owned and operated by BYU Radio and features the talents of Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Riley Nelson (analyst), Mitchell Juergens (reporter/sideline analyst), and Jason Shepherd (host) for the second consecutive year.