No. 25 BYU volleyball gets a free national stream and a useful response match Tuesday night. The Cougars visit Boise State at 6 p.m. Mountain in ExtraMile Arena, four days after No. 2 Pittsburgh pulled away from them in Provo.
Fans can watch on the Pac-12 YouTube channel or Pac-12 Insider on The CW. Boise State also lists a direct StatBroadcast live-stat page.
The stream is the easy part. The match itself asks whether BYU can carry its good two-set offense against Pitt onto the road without bringing the 15 attack errors that followed it.
BYU-Boise State volleyball watch information
| Match detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Match | No. 25 BYU at Boise State |
| Date | Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 |
| First serve | 6 p.m. MDT |
| Venue | ExtraMile Arena, Boise, Idaho |
| Stream | Pac-12 YouTube or Pac-12 Insider |
| Live stats | StatBroadcast |
Both schools list the same date, time, venue and watch options. The Pac-12 YouTube channel is public; The CW also carries the Pac-12 Insider feed. BYU’s official preview does not list an ESPN+ requirement for this match.
Boise State’s schedule tile still labels BYU No. 24, the Cougars’ prior ranking. Both schools’ Monday previews use the current No. 25 ranking.
This is BYU’s Pitt correction file
BYU went 1-1 during its first home week. The Cougars swept Eastern Illinois, then split the first two sets with Pitt before losing 3-1.
The full Pitt result can look ordinary. The set split was not. BYU hit .382 over the first two sets and .082 over the last two. It committed nine attack errors before intermission and 15 afterward, despite taking seven fewer swings in the final half of the match.
Our Pitt result analysis tracked that collapse in detail. Tuesday is the first chance to see what BYU kept from it.
The answer should begin in the middle. Kelli Jo Burgess and Brooke Hardy combined for 24 kills while hitting .441 across last week’s two matches. Burgess also totaled 12 blocks and enters Boise averaging 1.75 blocks per set, which BYU reports as seventh nationally and first in the Big 12.
Those numbers do not mean BYU should force every set inside. They show what disappears when first contact pushes the offense into obvious high balls. Claire Little Chambers had 17 kills and 11 digs against Pitt, but asking one outside to solve a formed block for four sets is a poor road plan. Burgess, Hardy and Kate Prior need to remain available when a pass drifts off the net.
Alex Bower and Kaylie Kofe are still sharing the setting work. They combined for 75 assists last week. Equal opportunity is not the goal by itself. Against Boise State, the better receipt will be whether both setters can keep the attack moving after a rough reception or a three-point run.
Boise State’s 3-3 record has two versions
The Broncos have been excellent for whole matches and error-prone for whole sets.
Boise State swept North Dakota State while hitting .358, then swept UNLV at .267. In Saturday’s five-set loss to Idaho State, the Broncos recorded 62 kills, eight aces and 10 blocks. They also committed 33 attack errors and hit .139. Their final two sets included 19 kills and nine errors, and they lost the fifth 15-12.
The six-match totals show the same volatility.
| Boise State through six matches | Broncos | Opponents |
|---|---|---|
| Kills | 257 | 272 |
| Attack errors | 119 | 146 |
| Hitting percentage | .173 | .156 |
| Service aces | 33 | 24 |
| Blocks | 45 | 46 |
Boise State has held opponents to .156 hitting while producing a lower kill total and nearly the same number of blocks. Its advantage has come partly at the service line and partly from opponents donating more errors.
That makes patience more important than a pretty hitting percentage. BYU does not need to win every early swing. It needs to make Boise State take another one. The Broncos have already committed 30 attack errors in a five-set loss to Middle Tennessee and 33 against Idaho State. A disciplined block and playable back-row touch can let those long rallies turn without BYU chasing a low-percentage finish.
Sydney Dreves is the first Boise State hitter to find. She leads the Broncos with 66 kills and has paced them in kills in five consecutive matches, according to Boise State. Her 19 kills against Idaho State were a career high. Azlynn Tittmann adds another service threat with a team-high eight aces, while middle blocker Kendall Hastings leads the Broncos with 29 blocks.
Boise State also uses two setters. Tehya Maeva has 110 assists and Jenelle Legates has 86. BYU therefore cannot assume the offense will keep one rhythm all night. The Cougars’ block will have to identify the setter, close on Dreves and still respect a team that had three players reach double-digit kills Saturday.
Mortensen can make the road court smaller
Elli Mortensen supplied four of BYU’s eight aces in the Eastern Illinois sweep. She now averages 0.77 aces per set, No. 16 nationally and third in the Big 12 in BYU’s Monday release.
A road serve does two jobs here. It can score directly, and it can keep Boise State from feeding every available option. If Mortensen and the rest of BYU’s serving group can move the Broncos off the net, Burgess does not have to guess among a complete menu.
There is a limit. Boise State has 33 aces of its own, nine more than its opponents. Loose serving that hands the ball back will invite Dreves and Tittmann to apply the same pressure. BYU needs aggressive locations without turning the match into a contest over which team misses first.
The other road marker is the length of bad stretches. Boise State’s home crowd watched the Broncos recover from losing sets two and three against Idaho State to take the fourth 25-23. BYU cannot expect one early push to quiet ExtraMile Arena for the night. Its response after Boise State’s first run will tell us more than its opening six points.
BYU owns the history, but Tuesday is current work
Both schools agree that BYU leads the all-time series 10-0 and won the last meeting in straight sets during the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Their previews disagree on the number of prior matches in Boise: BYU says three, while Boise State says two. That small record-book conflict does not affect Tuesday’s matchup, so we are not choosing a number the source records do not settle.
The current teams have enough to resolve on the floor. BYU is 3-1 and newly No. 25. Boise State is 3-3 after a 20-win 2025 season and is chasing the fourth ranked win in program history. Rob Neilson is also familiar with the trip after going 5-2 at Boise State during his Utah State tenure, according to BYU.
For BYU, this should be measured as a response rather than a rescue. The Cougars already showed they can play two strong sets against a national-title-level opponent. They do not need to manufacture a lesson out of the ranking beside Boise State’s name.
They need to keep the middles involved when the pass is imperfect, make Dreves earn points through a set block and stop one rough rotation from swallowing a set. Do that, and the Pitt loss becomes useful film instead of a four-day hangover.
BYU returns home Friday to face UCLA at 6:30 p.m. Mountain on ESPN+. The volleyball schedule has every upcoming match and any late coverage change.
Sources and further reading
- BYU Athletics, Sept. 7: No. 25 BYU visits Boise State for the official match time, stream options, live stats, BYU weekly totals, individual rankings and series context.
- Boise State Athletics, Sept. 7: Broncos welcome No. 25 BYU for independent watch confirmation, Boise State’s recent results, player leaders and ranked-opponent history.
- Boise State Athletics: 2026 cumulative statistics for the six-match team totals and player leaders in the comparison above.
- Boise State Athletics: Idaho State 3, Boise State 2 box score for Saturday’s set scores, attack line, blocks, aces and individual totals.
- BYU Athletics: official event record for the UTC start, venue, location and scheduled status.
- BYU Sport Nuts: volleyball hub, roster, Pitt watch guide and opening-weekend analysis.
