The goals for BYU are:

1. To win as many games as possible
2. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl opponent possible
3. To achieve the highest ranking possible
4. To win a NY6 bowl game
5. To win the National Championship
6. To be better than Utah

Ideal records:
BYU 12-0. CFP #1 seed.
Tennessee 12-1. SEC champs.
South Florida 12-1. AAC champs
Toledo 12-1. MAC champs
Idaho St. 11-1. Big Sky champs
UMass 11-1.
Washington 11-2. Pac-12 champs.
USC 11-2. Pac-12 South Champs.
SDSU 11-2. MWC champs.
Boise St. 11-2. Mountain West Mountain champs.
Utah St 10-2.
Liberty 10-2.
Utah 0-12.

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

A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.

BYU over Utah

B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. Because they’re Utah.

BYU over Utah

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

Boise St. over Florida St
USC over Fresno St
UMass over Rutgers
Idaho St over Western Colorado
Liberty over #22 Syracuse
SDSU over Weber St
South Florida over #18 Wisconsin
Tennessee over Georgia St
Toledo over Kentucky
Utah St. over Wake Forest
#13 Washington over Eastern Washington


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 team (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).

Georgia Tech over #1 Clemson
Duke over #2 Alabama
Vanderbilt over #3 Georgia
Houston over #4 Oklahoma
Florida Atlantic over #5 Ohio St
Georgia Southern over #6 LSU
Middle Tennessee over #7 Michigan
Miami over #8 Florida
Louisville over #9 Notre Dame
Louisiana Tech over #10 Texas
#11 Oregon over #16 Auburn
Texas St over #12 Texas A&M
Idaho over #15 Penn St
Florida A&M over #17 UCF
Tulsa over #18 Michigan St
Miami (OH) over #20 Iowa
Northern Iowa over #21 Iowa St
New Mexico St over #23 Washington St
South Alabama over #24 Nebraska
Northwestern over #25 Stanford


E. Cheer for our Opponents’ opponents unless they are playing our opponents. This helps our SOS in virtually every SOS calculation. Cheer for the team that our opponents have defeated or will likely defeat. All things being equal cheer for the more connected team (unless it violates rules A-D). For example, Colorado St is one of the most connected teams to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (Toledo, San Diego St, Boise St, Utah St). The number by the team indicates how connected they are.

Air Force (2) over Colgate
Akron over Illinois
Arizona St (2) over Kent St
Army over Rice
Ball St over Indiana
Bowling Green over Morgan St
Buffalo (2) over Robert Morris
Cal (3) over UC Davis
Central Michigan over Albany
Charlotte over Gardner-Webb
East Carolina over North Carolina St
Eastern Michigan over Coastal Carolina
Florida International over Tulane
Hawaii (3) over Arizona (3)
Louisiana over Mississippi St
Marshall over VMI
Memphis over Mississippi
Navy over Holy Cross
Nevada (2) over Purdue
New Mexico (3) over Sam Houston St
Northern Illinois (2) over Illinois St
Oregon St (2) over Oklahoma St
Portland St (2) over Arkansas
San Jose St (2) over Northern Colorado
SMU over Arkansas St
South Carolina over North Carolina
Temple over Bucknell
UAB over Alabama St
UCLA (3) over Cincinnati
UConn (2) over Wagner
UNLV (2) over Southern Utah
Virginia over Pitt
Western Michigan over Monmouth
Wyoming (3) over Missouri

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

Abilene Christian over North Texas
Alcorn St over Southern Mississippi
Arkansas Pine Bluff over TCU
Campbell over Troy
Central Arkansas over Western Kentucky
East Tennessee St over Appalachian St
Grambling over Louisiana Monroe
Howard over Maryland
Houston Baptist over UTEP
Incarnate Word over UTSA
Indiana St over Kansas
James Madison over West Virginia
Montana St over Texas Tech
Nicholls over Kansas St
Norfolk St over Old Dominion
Rhode Island over Ohio
South Dakota St over Minnesota
Stephen F Austin over Baylor

G. It doesn’t matter

Boston College vs Virginia Tech