Saturday's BYU-Utah game on ABC is projected to draw the largest television audience in the history of the rivalry, according to KSL's Pac-12 Hotline analysis. The matchup carries major postseason implications for both teams and is expected to be one of the highest-rated Big 12 conference games of the season.

The Big 12 is working to prevent officiating controversies after mistakes in earlier high-stakes games, KSL reports. Both teams enter ranked in the Top 10 for the first time in the rivalry's history, raising the stakes for playoff positioning and conference championship implications.

The game's prime ABC slot reflects the rivalry's elevation since BYU joined the Big 12 and Utah's addition to the conference this season reunited the programs in the same league for the first time since the Mountain West era.