The goals for BYU are:

1. To win as many games as possible
2. To achieve the highest ranking possible
3. To play the best bowl team possible
4. 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 Utah St.

B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. Because there is no reason to cheer for Utah

Colorado over Utah

C. Cheer for BYU’s opponents. This helps SOS which does help our overall ranking

East Carolina over Cincinnati (ECU becomes bowl eligible with a win)
Fresno St. over Colorado St.
Michigan over Ohio St.
Missouri over Arkansas
Nebraska over Iowa (Best case scenario for BYU is for Nebraska to win this game and be bowl eligible and MSU win out and win the Big 10)
San Jose St. over Boise St. (SJSU becomes bowl eligible with a win)
UCLA over USC
UConn over Temple

D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU unless it allows the Big 12 champ to get into the playoff. Also, cheer for unranked teams vs. ranked teams. If both teams are ranked cheer for the team with more probable losses in their future (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).

#1 Clemson over South Carolina
#2 Alabama over Auburn
#5 Michigan St. over Penn St.
#6 Notre Dame over #9 Stanford
#19 TCU over #7 Baylor
#11 Oklahoma St. over #3 Oklahoma
#12 Florida over #13 Florida St.
#14 North Carolina over North Carolina St.
#15 Navy over Houston
Illinois over #16 Northwestern
#17 Oregon over Oregon St.
#18 Ole Miss over #21 Miss St.
#20 Washington St. over Washington
Western Michigan over #24 Toledo

E. Cheer for teams playing teams that could eventually be ranked ahead of BYU (unless it violates rules A-D).

Miami over Pitt
Georgia Tech over Georgia
Minnesota over Wisconsin
Vanderbilt over Tennessee
Marshall over Western Kentucky
New Mexico over Air Force
New Mexico St. over Arkansas St.
Texas A&M over LSU

F. Root for the best bowl matchup. We will play a Pac-12 team in Vegas or an AAC team in Hawaii (unless it violates rules A-E)

South Florida over UCF
Tulane over Tulsa (We do not want to play a 6-6 Tulsa in Hawaii)
Memphis over SMU
Cal over Arizona St.

G. Root for the weakening of the Big 12 to keep them out of the playoff and move them toward expansion (unless it violates rules A-F)

Texas over Texas Tech
Iowa St. over West Virginia
Kansas over Kansas St.

H. It really doesn't matter


All other games.