The goals for BYU are:

1. To win the National Championship
2. To go to a NY6 bowl game
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 Texas

B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. If we need help from Utah in any way then it is not worth having.

Fresno St. over Utah

C. Cheer for BYU’s opponents. This helps SOS.

Boise St. Over Colorado St.
Houston over Grambling St.
UNLV over Northern Colorado
Virginia over Richmond
Nevada over Washington St.
Cal over Sacramento St.
MTSU over Minnesota
Connecticut over Stony Brook
USU over Idaho St.
Savannah St. over Georgia Southern

D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU. If both teams are ranked cheer for the team with more probable losses in their future (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).
Citadel over #1 Florida St.
Florida Atlantic over #2 Alabama
#3 Oregon over #7 Michigan St.
Tulsa over #4 Oklahoma
San Jose St. over #5 Auburn
Virginia Tech over #8 Ohio St.
Lamar over #9 Texas A&M
Northwestern St. over #10 Baylor
Memphis over #11 UCLA
Sam Houston over #12 LSU
#13 Stanford over #14 USC
Vanderbilt over #15 Ole Miss
Michigan over #16 Notre Dame
New Mexico over #17 Arizona St.
Western Illinois over #18 Wisconsin
McNeese St. over #19 Nebraska
Iowa St. over #20 Kansas St.
East Carolina over #21 South Carolina
San Diego St. over #21 North Carolina
South Carolina St. over #23 Clemson
Toledo over #24 Missouri
Murray St. over #25 Louisville


E. Cheer for our Opponents’ opponents unless they are playing our opponents. This helps our SOS in virtually every SOS calculation. The more connected a team is to our opponents the more you should cheer for them (unless it violates rules A-D). Air Force is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (Boise St., Nevada, UNLV, Utah St.). The number by the team indicates how connected they are. If the numbers are equal take the team who has lost or will most likely lose to our opponents.

AF 4 over Wyoming
South Florida 3 over Maryland
Tulane 3 over Georgia Tech
Temple 3 over Navy
SMU 3 over North Texas
Arizona 3 over UTSA
Hawaii 3 over Oregon St.
Utep over Texas Tech
Southern Miss over Alcorn St.
Marshall over Rhode Island
Old Dominion over NC St.
Western Kentucky over Illinois
UAB over Mississippi St.
FIU over Wagner
Louisiana Lafayette over Louisiana Tech
Army over Buffalo
Kent St. over South Alabama
Arkansas St. over Tennessee
Penn St. over Akron
Wake Forest over Gardner Webb
Pitt over Boston College
Duke over Troy
Miami over Florida A&M
Northwestern over Northern Illinois
Colorado over Umass
Washington over Eastern Washington
Oklahoma St. over Missouri St.
Kansas over SE Missouri St.
West Virginia over Towson


F. Cheer for “nonP5” over P5

Central Michigan over Purdue
Ball St. over Iowa
Eastern Michigan over Florida
Ohio over Kentucky

G. Cheer for the FCS team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-E)
Howard over Rutgers
Nicholls St. over Arkansas
VMI over Bowling Green
Campbell over Appalachian St.

H. It really doesn’t matter
New Mexico St. over Georgia St. (NMSU has played us in the past.)
Idaho over Louisiana Monroe (Same reason as rooting for NMSU)