They lost to the only ranked team they played. UCF is a decent team and I do think BYU could have competed with all but a couple teams, this year. BYU was really lacking marquee wins for a top ten finish.
They crushed their opponents, but I understand why it would be hard as a voter to put them higher. Would have been so nice to play the original schedule. BYU likely would have won 10 or 11 regular season games and would have had more marquee wins. Would have been so fun. Covid sucks.