For the P5 schools they’re encouraged to RUTS and embarrass the other team for style points if they want to distance themselves. It happened just 8 hours before with Ohio State up 45-17 against Nebraska. They add a TD with 18 seconds left. They couldn’t kneel it out due to “personnel”- but they did it because they know a 35 point win is better than a 28 point win when it comes time to vote for the CFP. Nobody was calling them out like what Rod was doing.

Add that to the narrative from Rod all game where BYU won’t have enough style points to even be considered for a NY6 if they win out unless they blow the teams out.