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 Virginia

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

Michigan over Utah

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

Boise St. (2-1) over Louisiana Lafayette
Houston (1-2) over UNLV (1-2) (Houston has a higher upside than UNLV)
MTSU (2-1) over Memphis
USU (2-1) over Arkansas St.
UCF (0-2) over Bethune Cookman
UConn (1-2) over South Florida
Cal (2-0) over Arizona

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).

#22 Clemson over #1 Florida St. (Clemson has at least 1 more loss vs. South Carolina.)
Washington St. over #2 Oregon
Florida over #3 Alabama
West Virginia over #4 Oklahoma
#20 Kansas St. over #5 Auburn (KSU will have plenty of chances to lose in the Big 12. Need to move some SEC clutter)
SMU over #6 Texas A&M
Mississippi St. over #8 LSU
Eastern Michigan over #11 Michigan St.
Troy over #13 Georgia
Vanderbilt over #14 South Carolina
Indiana over #18 Missouri
Bowling Green over #19 Wisconsin
Miami over #24 Nebraska

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.

MWC

SDSU 3 over Oregon St.
Hawaii 3 over Colorado
Fresno St. 3 over Southern Utah
New Mexico 3 over NMSU
SJSU 3 over Minnesota
Wyoming 2 over Florida Atlantic

CUSA

Southern Miss over App St.
Old Dominion over Rice
Marshall over Akron
North Texas over Nicholls St.
FIU over Louisville

AAC

Temple 3 over Delaware St.
Tulane 3 over Duke
Cincinnati 2 over Miami Oh
East Carolina 2 over North Carolina

Pac-12

Washington over Georgia St.

Big 12

Kansas over Central Michigan

ACC

Wake Forest over Army
Pitt over Iowa
Georgia Tech over Virginia Tech

B1G

Northwestern over Western Illinois
Penn St. over Umass

MAC

Northern Illinois over Arkansas
Toledo over Ball St.
Ohio over Idaho

Sun Belt

South Alabama over Georgia Southern

F. Cheer for “nonP5” over P5

Texas St. over Illinois
Navy over Rutgers

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

Presbyterian over NC St.
Maine over Boston College
Southern Illinois over Purdue
Norfolk St. over Buffalo
Murray St. over Western Michigan
Northwestern St. over Louisiana Tech