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 Houston

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

Violation of Team Rules over Utah

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

Boise St. over UConn (A higher ranked BSU when we play them, the better)
UNLV over Northern Illinois
Virginia over Louisville
Nevada over Arizona
MTSU over Western Kentucky
USU over Wake Forest
UCF over Missouri
Texas over UCLA


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).

Wyoming over #2 Oregon
Southern Miss over #3 Alabama
Tennessee over #4 Oklahoma
#6 Georgia over #24 South Carolina
Rice over #7 Texas A&M
Buffalo over #8 Baylor
Boston College over #9 USC
Louisiana Monroe over #10 LSU
Purdue over #11 Notre Dame
Louisiana Lafayette over #14 Ole Miss
Army over #15 Stanford
Colorado over #16 Arizona St.
East Carolina over #17 Virginia Tech
Kent St. over #22 Ohio St.
Fresno St. over #25 Nebraska (coaches’ poll)


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.

Air Force 4 over Georgia St.
Colorado St. 3 over UC Davis
Hawaii 3 over Northern Iowa
South Florida 3 over NC St.
Tulane 3 over Southeastern Louisiana
Tulsa 2 over Florida Atlantic
Cincinnati 2 over Toledo
Washington St. 2 over Portland St.
Penn St. over Rutgers
Kansas over Duke
FIU over Pitt
Arkansas St. over Miami
West Virginia over Maryland
Texas Tech over Arkansas
Iowa St. over Iowa
TCU over Minnesota
UTSA over Oklahoma St.
Georgia Tech over Georgia Southern
Washington over Illinois
UTEP over New Mexico St.
Marshall over Ohio
ODU over Eastern Michigan
North Texas over Louisiana Tech
UAB over Alabama A&M

F. Cheer for “nonP5” over P5

Central Michigan over Syracuse
Miami OH over Michigan
Bowling Green over Indiana
Umass over Vandy
South Alabama over Mississippi St.


G. Cheer for the FCS team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-E)

Indiana St. over Ball St.
Abilene Christian over Troy

H. It really doesn’t matter

Kentucky vs. Florida
Western Michigan vs. Idaho
Navy vs. Texas St.