The goals for BYU are:
1. To win the National Championship (Killed by a herd of cows)
2. To go to a NY6 bowl game (Practically dead)
3. To achieve the highest ranking possible
4. To win as many games as possible
5. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl team possible
6. To be better than Utah
If you want to see these goals accomplished here is your rooting guide:
A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.
BYU over Central Florida
B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. If we need help from Utah in any way then it is not worth having.
Ute bye week. Prepare for Oregon St. like BYU prepared for Utah St.
C. Cheer for BYU’s opponents. This helps SOS.
Houston (2-3) over Memphis.
UConn (1-4) over Tulane
Utah St. (3-2) over Air Force
Nevada (3-2) over Colorado St.
MTSU (4-2) over Marshall
Cal (4-1) over Washington
UNLV (1-5) over Fresno St.
Texas (2-3) over Oklahoma
D. Cheer for teams playing ranked teams. If both teams are ranked cheer for the team that if they win will give more votes to BYU (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).
BYU current rank #31 AP #32 Coaches
Syracuse over #1 Florida St.
#2 Auburn over #3 Mississippi St. (Auburn has a harder remaining schedule)
#14 Texas A&M over #3 Mississippi (Texas A&M has a harder remaining schedule)
#5 Baylor over #9 TCU (Baylor has a harder remaining schedule)
North Carolina over #6 Notre Dame
Arkansas over #7 Alabama
Purdue over #8 Michigan St.
#10 Arizona over #28 USC (got to pass USC before we can catch Arizona)
#12 Oregon over #18 UCLA
#13 Georgia over #23 Missouri
Kansas over #16 Oklahoma St.
South Florida over #19 East Carolina
Duke over #22 Georgia Tech
Washington St. over #25 Stanford
Others receiving votes:
#29 Louisville over #25 (coaches poll) Clemson
Illinois over #30 (coaches poll) Wisconsin
Michigan over #36 Penn St.
Northwestern over #33 (coaches poll) Minnesota
Texas Tech over #32 West Virginia
Florida over #30 LSU
E. Cheer for our Opponents’ opponents unless they are playing our opponents. This no longer matters. We are now focusing on our bowl game we want to play the best opponent we can. Root for the program that gives us the best bowl matchup.
The AAC bowl selection order is:
1. Playoff or NY6 bowl (if qualified)
2. Birmingham
3. St. Pete
4. Miami
Therefore we are rooting for:
Cincinnati over Miami
Temple over Tulsa
F. Root for nonP5 over P5
Louisiana Monroe over Kentucky
Toledo over Iowa St.
Chattanooga over Tennessee
Charleston Southern over Vanderbilt