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 (Killed by Knights in Orlando)
3. To achieve the highest ranking possible (Over the last 35 years, every 3 loss or fewer BYU team has finished ranked in a major poll)
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 Nevada

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

Oregon St. over Utah

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

Houston (3-3) over Temple.
Boise St. (4-2) over Fresno St.
UCF (3-2) over Tulane
Utah St. (4-2) over Colorado St.
MTSU (4-3) over UAB
Cal (4-2) over UCLA
Texas (2-4) over Iowa St.
Virginia (4-2) over Duke

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 NR AP #39 Coaches

#5 ND over #2 FSU (Florida St. likely will not lose after this game. ND still has #17 ASU and #22 USC on the schedule)
Tennessee over #3 Ole Miss
West Virginia over #4 Baylor (Big 12 chaos)
#7 Alabama over #21 Texas A&M (Get Texas A&M out of the polls once and for all)
Indiana over #8 Michigan St.
Washington over #9 Oregon
Arkansas over #10 Georgia
#14 Kansas St. over #11 Oklahoma
#15 Oklahoma St. over #12 TCU
Rutgers over #13 Ohio St.
#17 ASU over #23 Stanford
Northwestern over #19 Nebraska
Colorado over #22 USC
Boston College over #24 Clemson
Florida International over #25 Marshall

Others receiving votes:

#30 Kentucky over #27 LSU
Purdue over #28 (coaches) Minnesota
Maryland over #34 (coaches) Iowa
North Carolina St. over #35 Louisville
North Carolina over #38 Georgia Tech
Florida over #38 (coaches) Missouri
Indiana St. over #38 North Dakota St.
Furman over #40 South Carolina


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 SMU
South Florida over Tulsa