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Rooting Guide Week 1

by scott715 · 9/5/2015

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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 Nebraska



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



Michigan over Utah



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



Boise St. over Washington

Cincinnati over Alabama A&M

East Carolina over Towson

Fresno St. over Abilene Christian

Missouri over Southeast Missouri St.

San Jose St. over New Hampshire

UCLA over Virginia

UConn over Villanova

Utah St. over Southern Utah

Wagner over Rice



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).



Virginia Tech over #1 Ohio St.

Minnesota over #2 TCU

#20 Wisconsin over #3 Alabama

SMU over #4 Baylor

Western Michigan over #5 Michigan St.

Louisville over #6 Auburn

Eastern Washington over #7 Oregon

Arkansas St. over #8 USC

Louisiana Monroe over #9 Georgia

Texas St. over #10 Florida St.

Wofford over #12 Clemson

McNeese St. over #14 LSU

Texas A&M over #15 Arizona St

Alcorn St. over #16 Georgia Tech

Tennessee Martin over #17 Ole Miss

UTEP over #18 Arkansas

Akron over #19 Oklahoma

Northwestern over #21 Stanford

UTSA over #22 Arizona

Bowling Green over #25 Tennessee





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). For example, UNLV is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 5 games against them (UCLA, Michigan, SJSU, Fresno St., 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.



UNLV (5) over Northern Illinois

Air Force (4) over Morgan St.

Colorado St. (3) over Savannah St.

Hawaii (3) over Colorado

Nevada (3) over UC Davis

UCF (3) over Florida International

New Mexico (3) over Miss Valley St.

Oregon St. (3) over Weber St.

San Diego St. (3) over San Diego

South Florida (3) over Florida A&M

Temple (3) over Penn St.

Florida (2) over New Mexico St

Houston (2) over Tennessee Tech

Miami Fl (2) over Bethune Cookman

Navy (2) over Colgate

Rutgers (2) over Norfolk St.

Tulsa (2) over Florida Atlantic

Wyoming (2) over North Dakota

South Carolina over North Carolina

Vanderbilt over Western Kentucky

Tulane over Duke

Army over Fordham

Illinois over Kent St.

Purdue over Marshall

Southern Miss over Miss St

Kentucky over Louisiana Lafayette

Memphis over Missouri St.

South Alabama over Gardner Webb

Cal over Grambling

Indiana over Southern Illinois

Miami OH over Presbyterian

Washington St. over Portland St.

Maryland over Richmond

Iowa over Illinois St.



F. Cheer for “nonP5” over P5 (unless it violates rules A-E)



Central Michigan over Oklahoma St.

Georgia Southern over West Virginia

Troy over North Carolina St.



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



Elon over Wake Forest

VMI over Ball St.

Stony Brook over Toledo

Rhode Island over Syracuse

Northern Iowa over Iowa St.

South Dakota over Kansas St.

Jackson St. over Middle Tennessee

Southern over Louisiana Tech

Howard over App St.

Albany over Buffalo

Sam Houston St. over Texas Tech

Maine over Boston College

Youngstown St. over Pitt

South Dakota St. over Kansas



H. It really doesn’t matter



Idaho vs. Ohio

Charlotte vs. Georgia St

Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion
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