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 get into the Big 12
7. 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 Arizona

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

Southern Utah over Utah

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

Utah St. over Weber St.
Cincinnati over Tennessee Martin
Toledo over Arkansas St.
Boise St. over Louisiana Lafayette
UCLA over Texas A&M
Michigan St. over Furman
Umass over #25 Florida
Mississippi St. over South Alabama
West Virginia over Missouri

D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU. Cheer for unranked teams vs. ranked teams. If both teams are ranked ahead of BYU cheer for the higher ranked (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).

#1 Alabama over #20 USC
Auburn over #2 Clemson
#3 Oklahoma over #15 Houston
#4 Florida St. over #11 Mississippi
Wisconsin over #5 LSU
Bowling Green over #6 Ohio St.
Hawaii over #7 Michigan
Kansas St. over #8 Stanford
Appalachian St. over #9 Tennessee
Texas over #10 Notre Dame
South Dakota State over #13 TCU
Rutgers over #14 Washington
Miami OH over #17 Iowa
Charlotte over #19 Louisville
Southeastern Louisiana over #21 Oklahoma St.
#18 Georgia over #22 North Carolina
Northwestern St. over #23 Baylor
UC Davis over #24 Oregon


E. Cheer for teams playing potential programs that could get into the Big 12 over BYU (Unless it violates rules A-D)

Colorado over Colorado St.
Maine over UConn
South Carolina St. over UCF
Towson over South Florida



F. 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-E). For example, Oregon St. is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (UCLA, Arizona, Utah, Boise 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.

Oregon St. (4) over Minnesota
Arizona St. (3) over NAU
Washington St. (3) over Eastern Washington
Air Force (2) over Abilene Christian
Fresno St. (2) over Nebraska
New Mexico (2) over South Dakota
SJSU (2) over Tulsa
South Carolina (2) over Vanderbilt
UNLV (2) over Jackson St.
Wyoming (2) over Northern Illinois
Akron over VMI
Ball St. over Georgia St.
Boston College over Georgia Tech
Central Michigan over Presbyterian
Eastern Carolina over Western Carolina
Eastern Michigan over Mississippi Valley St.
Florida International over Indiana
Illinois over Murray St.
Iowa St. over Northern Iowa
Kansas over Rhode Island
Kentucky over Southern Miss
Louisiana Tech over Arkansas
Maryland over Howard
Memphis over Southeast Missouri St.
Nevada over Cal Poly
Ohio over Texas St.
Old Dominion over Hampton
Penn St. over Kent St.
Purdue over Eastern Kentucky
SDSU over New Hampshire
Texas Tech over Stephen F Austin
Temple over Army
Troy over Austin Peay
Tulane over Wake Forest
Western Michigan over Northwestern

G. Cheer for the FCS team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-F)
Southern over Louisiana Monroe
Alabama St. over UTSA
Alabama A&M over MTSU
Savannah St. over Georgia Southern
Florida A&M over Miami
North Carolina Central over Duke
Southern Illinois over Florida Atlantic
Richmond over Virginia
Villanova over Pitt
Liberty over Virginia Tech
Fordham over Navy
Colgate over Syracuse
Albany over Buffalo
Montana St. over Idaho
William and Mary over NC St.

H. It really doesn’t matter
UTEP vs. New Mexico St.
SMU vs. North Texas
Rice vs. Western Kentucky