The goals for BYU are:

1. To achieve the highest ranking possible
2. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl team possible
3. To win as many games as 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.

Bye week. Get healthy and be safe.

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

Washington (7-0) over Utah (7-1)


C. Hold your nose and cheer for the MWC in nonconference play. Also cheer for the better team in conference matchups. Root for Boise to go to Vegas. The stronger the conference the stronger our bowl opponent will be.

Wyoming (5-2) over Boise St. (7-0)
SDSU (6-1) over Utah St. (3-4)
Air Force (4-3) over Fresno St. (1-7)
UNLV (3-5) over San Jose St. (2-6)
New Mexico (4-3) over Hawaii (4-4)

D. Cheer for BYU’s opponents. This helps SOS which helps our overall ranking.

Arizona (2-5) over Stanford (4-3)
#10 West Virginia (6-0) over Oklahoma State (5-2)
Toledo (6-1) over Ohio (5-3)
Michigan State (2-5) over #2 Michigan (7-0)
Mississippi State (2-5) over Samford (6-1)
Cincinnati (4-3) over Temple (5-3)
Southern Utah (3-4) over Idaho State (2-5)
UMass (1-7) over Wagner (4-3)

E. 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-D trump rule E).

#3 Clemson over #12 Florida St.
Virginia over #5 Louisville
Northwestern over #6 Ohio St.
#7 Nebraska over #11 Wisconsin
Texas over #8 Baylor
NMSU over #9 Texas A&M
Georgia over #14 Florida
Ole Miss over #15 Auburn
Kansas over #16 Oklahoma
South Carolina over #18 Tennessee
#20 Western Michigan over Ball St. (We want WMU or Navy to go to the NY6)
#22 Navy over South Florida
Purdue over #23 Penn St.
Pitt over #25 Virginia Tech

F. Root for the Big 12 to be turned upside down (Unless it violates rules A-E)

Iowa St. (1-6) over Kansas St. (4-3)

G. 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-F). 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 Washington St. (3)
USC (4) over Cal (3)
ASU (3) over Oregon
Arkansas St. (2) over Arkansas St.
Akron over Buffalo
Boston College over NC State
Central Florida over Houston
Central Michigan over Kent St.
East Carolina over UConn
Illinois over Minnesota
Louisiana Tech over Rice
Miami OH over Eastern Michigan
Missouri over Kentcky
Notre Dame over Miami
Old Dominion over UTEP
South Alabama over Georgia St.

H. Cheer for the FCS team or G5 team over the P team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-G)

Army over Wake Forest

I. It really doesn't matter:

App St. vs. Georgia Southern
Duke vs. Georgia Tech
Florida International vs. Middle Tennessee St.
Marshall vs. Southern Miss
Maryland vs. Indiana
North Texas vs. UTSA
SMU vs. Tulane
Tulsa vs. Memphis
Western Kentucky vs. Florida Atlantic