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



Ideal records:
BYU 11-1 NY6 game
Tennessee 11-2 SEC champs.
South Florida 11-2 AAC champs
Toledo 11-2 MAC champs
Idaho St. 11-1. Big Sky champs
UMass 10-2
Washington 11-2. Pac-12 champs.
USC 11-2. Pac-12 South Champs.
SDSU 11-2. MWC champs.
Boise St. 10-2
Utah St 10-3 Mountain West Mountain champs
Liberty 9-3
Utah 1-11

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

A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.

BYU over Tennessee

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

Northern Illinois over Utah

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

#24 Boise St over Marshall
Idaho St over Western Colorado
Liberty over Louisiana
SDSU over UCLA
South Florida over Georgia Tech
Toledo over Murray St
UMass over Southern Illinois
USC over #23 Stanford
Utah St over Stony Brook
#14 Washington over Cal

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).

#1 Clemson over #12 Texas A&M
New Mexico St over #2 Alabama
Murray St over #3 Georgia
South Dakota over #4 Oklahoma
Cincinnati over #5 Ohio St
#6 LSU over #9 Texas
Army over #7 Michigan
Tulane over #10 Auburn
UT Martin over #11 Florida
Buffalo over #15 Penn St
Nevada over #16 Oregon
Central Michigan over #17 Wisconsin
FAU over #18 UCF
Western Michigan over #19 Michigan St
Rutgers over #20 Iowa
Maryland over #21 Syracuse
Northern Colorado over #22Washington St
Colorado over #25 Nebraska

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.


Akron over UAB
Arizona (3) over Northern Arizona
Arizona St (2) over Sacramento St
Ball St over Fordham
Bowling Green over Kansas St
Charlotte over App St
Coastal Carolina over Kansas
Colorado St (4) over Western Illinois
East Carolina over Gardner-Webb
Eastern Michigan over Kentucky
Florida International over Western Kentucky
Florida St over Louisiana Monroe
Fresno St (3) over Minnesota
Georgia St over Furman
Hawaii (3) over Oregon St (2)
Kent St over Kennesaw St
Louisiana Tech over Grambling
Maine over Georgia Southern
Memphis over Southern
Mississippi St over Southern Miss
Missouri over West Virginia
San Jose St (2) over Tulsa
SMU over North Texas
South Carolina over Charleston Southern
UConn (2) over Illinois
UNLV (2) over Arkansas St
Vanderbilt over Purdue
Virginia over William and Mary
Wake Forest over Rice
Wyoming (3) over Texas St

F. Root for non P5s over P5s (unless it violates rules A-E). Closing the perception gap between P5 and non P5 could only be helpful.

Ohio over Pitt
Old Dominion over Virginia Tech
UTEP over Texas Tech
UTSA over Baylor


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

Eastern Illinois over Indiana
Eastern Kentucky over Louisville
Jackson St over South Alabama
McNeese over Oklahoma St
North Carolina A&T over Duke
Prairie View A&M over Houston
Richmond over Boston College
Tennessee St over Middle Tennessee
Western Carolina over NC State

H. It doesn’t matter

Arkansas vs Ole Miss
North Carolina vs Miami