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 be better than Utah

If you want to see these goals accomplished here is your rooting guide:

A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.

BYU over Nebraska

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

Michigan over Utah

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

Boise St. over Washington
Cincinnati over Alabama A&M
East Carolina over Towson
Fresno St. over Abilene Christian
Missouri over Southeast Missouri St.
San Jose St. over New Hampshire
UCLA over Virginia
UConn over Villanova
Utah St. over Southern Utah
Wagner over Rice

D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU. If both teams are ranked cheer for the team with more probable losses in their future (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).

Virginia Tech over #1 Ohio St.
Minnesota over #2 TCU
#20 Wisconsin over #3 Alabama
SMU over #4 Baylor
Western Michigan over #5 Michigan St.
Louisville over #6 Auburn
Eastern Washington over #7 Oregon
Arkansas St. over #8 USC
Louisiana Monroe over #9 Georgia
Texas St. over #10 Florida St.
Wofford over #12 Clemson
McNeese St. over #14 LSU
Texas A&M over #15 Arizona St
Alcorn St. over #16 Georgia Tech
Tennessee Martin over #17 Ole Miss
UTEP over #18 Arkansas
Akron over #19 Oklahoma
Northwestern over #21 Stanford
UTSA over #22 Arizona
Bowling Green over #25 Tennessee


E. 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-D). For example, UNLV is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 5 games against them (UCLA, Michigan, SJSU, Fresno St., 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.

UNLV (5) over Northern Illinois
Air Force (4) over Morgan St.
Colorado St. (3) over Savannah St.
Hawaii (3) over Colorado
Nevada (3) over UC Davis
UCF (3) over Florida International
New Mexico (3) over Miss Valley St.
Oregon St. (3) over Weber St.
San Diego St. (3) over San Diego
South Florida (3) over Florida A&M
Temple (3) over Penn St.
Florida (2) over New Mexico St
Houston (2) over Tennessee Tech
Miami Fl (2) over Bethune Cookman
Navy (2) over Colgate
Rutgers (2) over Norfolk St.
Tulsa (2) over Florida Atlantic
Wyoming (2) over North Dakota
South Carolina over North Carolina
Vanderbilt over Western Kentucky
Tulane over Duke
Army over Fordham
Illinois over Kent St.
Purdue over Marshall
Southern Miss over Miss St
Kentucky over Louisiana Lafayette
Memphis over Missouri St.
South Alabama over Gardner Webb
Cal over Grambling
Indiana over Southern Illinois
Miami OH over Presbyterian
Washington St. over Portland St.
Maryland over Richmond
Iowa over Illinois St.

F. Cheer for “nonP5” over P5 (unless it violates rules A-E)

Central Michigan over Oklahoma St.
Georgia Southern over West Virginia
Troy over North Carolina St.

G. Cheer for the FCS team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-E)

Elon over Wake Forest
VMI over Ball St.
Stony Brook over Toledo
Rhode Island over Syracuse
Northern Iowa over Iowa St.
South Dakota over Kansas St.
Jackson St. over Middle Tennessee
Southern over Louisiana Tech
Howard over App St.
Albany over Buffalo
Sam Houston St. over Texas Tech
Maine over Boston College
Youngstown St. over Pitt
South Dakota St. over Kansas

H. It really doesn’t matter

Idaho vs. Ohio
Charlotte vs. Georgia St
Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion