Rooting Guide Week 2-Late

[scott715]

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Sorry I've been out of touch last week. Here it is in case you want to see it.

The goals for BYU are:

1. To win the National Championship
2. To go to a NY6 bowl game
3. To achieve the highest ranking possible
4. To win as many games as possible
5. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl team possible
6. To get into the Big 12
7. To be better than Utah

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

A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.

BYU over Utah

B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. Because there is no reason to cheer for Utah

It's worth repeating. BYU over Utah

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

Arizona (0-1) over Grambling (1-0)
UCLA (0-1) over UNLV (1-0)
West Virginia (1-0) over Youngstown State (1-0)
Toledo (1-0) over Maine (0-1)
Mississippi State (0-1) over South Carolina (1-0)
Boise State (1-0) over Washington State (0-1)
Cincinnati (1-0) over Purdue (1-0)
Southern Utah (0-1) over Southeastern Louisiana (0-1)
UMass (0-1) over BC (0-1)
Utah State (1-0) over USC (0-1)

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 (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).

Western Kentucky over #1 Alabama
Troy over #2 Clemson
Charleston Southern over #3 Florida St.
Tulsa over #4 Ohio St.
UCF over #5 Michigan
Lamar over #6 Houston
Idaho over #8 Washington
Nicholls St. over #9 Georgia
Akron over #10 Wisconsin
UTEP over #11 Texas
Syracuse over #13 Louisville
Louisiana Monroe over #14 Oklahoma
#15 TCU over Arkansas (Others receiving votes)
Iowa St. over #16 Iowa
Virginia Tech over#17 Tennessee
Nevada over #18 Notre Dame
Wofford over #19 Ole Miss
Prairie View over #20 Texas A&M
Jacksonville St. over #21 LSU
Central Michigan over #22 Oklahoma St.
SMU over #23 Baylor
Virginia over 24 Oregon
Florida Atlantic over #25 Miami
Kentucky over #25 coaches Florida

E. Cheer for teams playing potential programs that could get into the Big 12 over BYU (Unless it violates rules A-D)

Navy over UConn
Army over Rice
Northern Illinois over South Florida

F. Cheer for our Opponents’ opponents unless they are playing our opponents. This helps our SOS in virtually every SOS calculation. The more connected a team is to our opponents the more you should cheer for them (unless it violates rules A-E). For example, Oregon St. is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (UCLA, Arizona, Utah, Boise St.). The number by the team indicates how connected they are. If the numbers are equal take the team who has lost or will most likely lose to our opponents.

Colorado (3) over Idaho St.
Arizona St. (3) over Texas Tech
Hawaii (3) over Tennessee Martin
Arkansas St. (2) over Auburn
Air Force (2) over Georgia St.
Cal (2) over SDSU
Fresno St. (2) over Sacramento St.
New Mexico (2) over New Mexico St.
SJSU (2) over Portland St.
Wyoming (2) over Nebraska
Ball St. over Indiana
Bowling Green over North Dakota
Colorado St. over UTSA
East Carolina over NC St.
Eastern Michigan over Mizzou
Florida International over Maryland
Illinois over North Carolina
Louisiana Lafayette over McNeese St.
Louisiana Tech over South Carolina St.
Miami Ohio over Eastern Illinois
Northwestern over Illinois St.
Ohio over Kansas
Old Dominion over App St.
Penn St. over Pitt
Rutgers over Howard
Temple over Stony Brook
Tulane over Southern
Western Michigan over North Carolina Central

G. Cheer for the G5 team over the P5 team (unless it violates rules A-F)

MTSU over Vandy

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

Bethune Cookman over North Texas
Indiana St. over Minnesota
Elon over Charlotte
Mercer over Georgia Tech
Morgan St. over Marshall
North Carolina A&T over Kent St.
Savannah St. over Southern Miss

I. It really doesn't matter:

Wake Forest vs. Duke