The goals for BYU:

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 bowl
Tennessee 11-2. SEC champs.
South Florida 10-3. AAC champs
Toledo 11-2 MAC champs
Idaho St. 11-1. Big Sky champs
UMass 9-3
Washington 10-3 Pac-12 North Champs
USC 11-2. Pac-12 Champs
SDSU 11-2. MWC champs.
Boise St 10-2
Utah St 11-2. MWC Mountain Champs
Liberty 8-4
Utah 2-10

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

A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.

BYU over #24 USC

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

Idaho St over Utah

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

#22 Boise St over Portland St
Liberty over Buffalo
San Diego St over New Mexico St
South Florida over South Carolina St
Tennessee over Chattanooga
Toledo over Murray St
UMass over Charlotte
#23 Washington over Hawaii


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).

Syracuse over #1 Clemson
South Carolina over #2 Alabama
Arkansas St over #3 Georgia
Northwestern St over #4 LSU
UCLA over #5 Oklahoma
Indiana over #6 Ohio St
New Mexico over #7 Notre Dame
Kent St over #8 Auburn
Kentucky over #9 Florida
Rice over #12 Texas
Pitt over #13 Penn St
Montana over #15 Oregon
Lamar over #16 Texas A&M
Stanford over #17 UCF
Arizona St over #18 Michigan St
Iowa St over #19 Iowa
Houston over #20 Washington St
Temple over #21 Maryland
Florida St over #25 Virginia

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 Central Michigan
Arizona (3) over Texas Tech
Army over UTSA
Ball St over FAU
Bowling Green over Louisiana Tech
Cal (3) over North Texas
Cincinnati over Miami (OH)
Coastal Carolina over Norfolk St
Colorado (3) over Air Force (2)
Colorado St (4) over Arkansas
East Carolina over Navy
Eastern Michigan over Illinois
Florida International over New Hampshire
Georgia Tech over Citadel
Louisiana over Texas Southern
Marshall over Ohio
Memphis over South Alabama
Mississippi St over Kansas St
Missouri over SE Missouri St
Nevada (2) over Weber St
Northern Illinois (2) over Nebraska
Oregon St (2) over Cal Poly
SMU over Texas St
UNLV (2) over Northwestern
Wake Forest over North Carolina
Western Michigan over Georgia St
Wyoming (3) over Idaho

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.

Georgia Southern over Minnesota
Middle Tennessee over Duke
Tulsa over Oklahoma St
Western Kentucky over Louisville

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

Bethune Cookman over Miami
Furman over Virginia Tech
SE Louisiana over Ole Miss

H. It doesn’t matter

Boston College vs Kansas
NC St vs West Virginia
Purdue vs TCU
Southern Miss over Troy