"IF" we win. Just win baby! My rosy 'unbiased' look at the games for 2022 😉

#25 BYU takes out unranked USF on the road. BYU moves up to #24.

#24 BYU plays #10 Baylor
Baylor will be at WORST the #10 team as they will have only played Albany
When Baylor beats Albany, at best, they move up 1 spot to #9...most likely, stay at #10.
Best case scenario, Baylor beats Albany, moves up to #9, #24 BYU takes out Baylor, the #9 team in the land. BYU jumps to #17.

Next up, #17 BYU plays @ #11 Oregon
Oregon will have played @#3 Georgia, Eastern Washington
If Oregon Beats #3 Georgia, (E. Wash a given)...then Oregon jumps up several notches, somewhere around #7ish
If Oregon loses to #3 Georgia on the road...they don't drop many places because they are expected to lose. Drop around #15 (a loss most likely)
Best case scenario - #17 BYU plays @ #7 Oregon (or #15) and takes out another team ranked above them. BYU jumps several more places #14

#14 BYU plays a stingy Wyo team that starts tough, but BYU slowly pulls away and wins by multiple TD's. BYU moves up a spot #13

#13 BYU plays a defiant Utah St. The Aggies follow the game plan of Wyoming, and can't keep pace. BYU moves up to #12

Next up, #12 BYU plays #5 Notre Dame (neutral site)
They will have played #2 Ohio State, Marshall, CAL.
IF, they beat Ohio St....we are looking at a Top 3 Notre Dame, possibly even #2 team in the land.
IF, they lose to Ohio St...when BYU plays them, they most likely are still a Top 10 (prablaby #8 or #9) Notre Dame.
So, regardless...BYU is definitely playing a Top 10 (potentially a Top 3) team in Notre Dame.
Best scenario, Notre Dame is a Top 3 team, BYU beats ND in what turns out to be an away game, and jumps up to #7


#7 BYU plays huge trap game - Arkansas
This game worries me more than all the others. Arkansas will NOT be intimidated to play BYU at all, having played some of the biggest name brands already this year, and they will come in to LES expecting to dominate us. You know...SEC team swagger etc, they will have already played #23 Cinci, South Carolina, Missouri St, #6 Texas A&M, #1 Alabama, Mississippi St...then #7 BYU. This one is going to be a HARD game for BYU at home.
With that Razorback schedule prior to playing BYU...it is a complete unknown. If Arkansas beats #1 Alabama, #6 Texas A&M, #23 Cinci...beats two other SEC teams...we could be looking at the new #1 (think Miami) team waltzing into LES. If they lose half those games...they will be out of the rankings, and STILL be one of the most dangerous teams for BYU on the schedule. If Arkansas loses to #1 & #6, and win the others, they come in to LES at 4-2 or 3-3 and sitting right around the #25-#30 area. Best case scenario is #7 BYU plays another (we'll say) Top 10 team in Arkansas...and BYU would be right in the mix of the Top 5 teams in the land, and talk is running crazy about BYU in the playoffs. 🙂

Bottom line, BYU has some GREAT opportunities to really climb up the rankings if they just win. But, I also think this is BYU's toughest schedule to date and that's a tough schedule to get through unscathed. At the times of the games, we have the possibility of playing a Top 3 team, two Top 10 teams, a possible (unlikely as it may be) #1 (or #27) team in Arkansas.