Rooting Guide Week 6 2014

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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 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 St.



B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. If we need help from Utah in any way then it is not worth having.



UCLA over Utah



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



Houston (2-2) over (1-2) UCF.

Nevada (3-1) over (3-2) Boise St.

MTSU (3-2) over Southern Miss

Cal (3-1) over Washington St.

UNLV (1-4) over San Jose St.

Virginia (3-2) over Pitt

Texas (2-2) over Baylor



D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU. If both teams are ranked cheer for the team with more probable losses in their future (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).



Wake Forest over #1 Florida St.

Arizona over #2 Oregon

#25 TCU over #4 Oklahoma

#11 Ole Miss over #3 Alabama

#15 LSU over #5 Auburn

#12 Mississippi St. over #6 Texas A&M

#14 Stanford over #9 Notre Dame

#10 Michigan St. over #19 Nebraska

Vanderbilt over #13 Georgia

Arizona St. over #16 USC

Northwestern over #17 Wisconsin

Maryland over #20 Ohio St.

Iowa St. over #21 Oklahoma St.

SMU over #22 East Carolina

Texas Tech over #23 Kansas St.



E. 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-D). Air Force is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (Boise St., Nevada, UNLV, Utah 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.



MWC

Air Force 4 over Navy

Colorado St. 3 over Tulsa

Fresno St. 3 over SDSU 3

Hawaii 3 over Rice

NM 3 over UTSA



CUSA

North Texas over Indiana

Old Dominion over Marshall

UTEP over Louisiana Tech

Western Kentucky over UAB

Florida Atlantic over Florida International



AAC

Memphis 3 over Cincinnati



Pac-12

Colorado over Oregon St.



Big 12

Kansas over West Virginia



ACC

Louisville over Syracuse

North Carolina over Virginia Tech

North Carolina St. over Clemson

Miami over Georgia Tech



B1G

Illinois over Purdue

Rutgers over Michigan



Indy

Army over Ball St.



MAC

Kent St. over Northern Illinois

Bowling Green over Buffalo

Akron over Eastern Michigan



SEC

Tennessee over Florida

Kentucky over South Carolina



Sun Belt

Louisiana Lafayettw over Georgia St.

Arkansas St. over Louisiana Monroe

Appalachian St. over South Alabama

Georgia Southern over New Mexico St.



F. It really doesn’t matter



UMass vs. Miami OH

Ohio vs. Central Michigan

Toledo vs. Western Michigan

Idaho vs. Texas St.

Personally, I want Utah to beat UCLA. As much as I dislike Utah, there may only be 3 or 4 teams in the Pac 12 that I'd root for over Utah.



And UCLA losing helps us a lot.

UCLA played UVA & Texas

scott715 wrote:
UCLA played UVA & Texas

I think they would fall behind us with a loss.

stuckinbig10country wrote:

UCLA played UVA & Texas

I think they would fall behind us with a loss.

Personally I don't care if UCLA would fall behind us with a loss. Let someone else beat them. I Can't cheer for the Utes no matter what.

Houston Loses Arizona beat Oregon.

But Houston lost to UCF, who is also on our schedule.