but I don't think you can say a state run school with almost no entrance requirements is better than or equal to BYU. It takes almost a 3.8 and 30 on the ACT to get into BYU as a freshman these days (average Freshman stats). Look, I'm not trying to sound pretentious or anything, but you gotta take your head of the sand.
USU is a good school, I've had lots of buddies that went there, but there is no way it is on the same level as BYU academically.