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Rooting Guide Week 1 2016

by scott715 · 8/31/2016

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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 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 Arizona



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



Southern Utah over Utah



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



Utah St. over Weber St.

Cincinnati over Tennessee Martin

Toledo over Arkansas St.

Boise St. over Louisiana Lafayette

UCLA over Texas A&M

Michigan St. over Furman

Umass over #25 Florida

Mississippi St. over South Alabama

West Virginia over Missouri



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).



#1 Alabama over #20 USC

Auburn over #2 Clemson

#3 Oklahoma over #15 Houston

#4 Florida St. over #11 Mississippi

Wisconsin over #5 LSU

Bowling Green over #6 Ohio St.

Hawaii over #7 Michigan

Kansas St. over #8 Stanford

Appalachian St. over #9 Tennessee

Texas over #10 Notre Dame

South Dakota State over #13 TCU

Rutgers over #14 Washington

Miami OH over #17 Iowa

Charlotte over #19 Louisville

Southeastern Louisiana over #21 Oklahoma St.

#18 Georgia over #22 North Carolina

Northwestern St. over #23 Baylor

UC Davis over #24 Oregon





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



Colorado over Colorado St.

Maine over UConn

South Carolina St. over UCF

Towson 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.



Oregon St. (4) over Minnesota

Arizona St. (3) over NAU

Washington St. (3) over Eastern Washington

Air Force (2) over Abilene Christian

Fresno St. (2) over Nebraska

New Mexico (2) over South Dakota

SJSU (2) over Tulsa

South Carolina (2) over Vanderbilt

UNLV (2) over Jackson St.

Wyoming (2) over Northern Illinois

Akron over VMI

Ball St. over Georgia St.

Boston College over Georgia Tech

Central Michigan over Presbyterian

Eastern Carolina over Western Carolina

Eastern Michigan over Mississippi Valley St.

Florida International over Indiana

Illinois over Murray St.

Iowa St. over Northern Iowa

Kansas over Rhode Island

Kentucky over Southern Miss

Louisiana Tech over Arkansas

Maryland over Howard

Memphis over Southeast Missouri St.

Nevada over Cal Poly

Ohio over Texas St.

Old Dominion over Hampton

Penn St. over Kent St.

Purdue over Eastern Kentucky

SDSU over New Hampshire

Texas Tech over Stephen F Austin

Temple over Army

Troy over Austin Peay

Tulane over Wake Forest

Western Michigan over Northwestern



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

Southern over Louisiana Monroe

Alabama St. over UTSA

Alabama A&M over MTSU

Savannah St. over Georgia Southern

Florida A&M over Miami

North Carolina Central over Duke

Southern Illinois over Florida Atlantic

Richmond over Virginia

Villanova over Pitt

Liberty over Virginia Tech

Fordham over Navy

Colgate over Syracuse

Albany over Buffalo

Montana St. over Idaho

William and Mary over NC St.



H. It really doesn’t matter

UTEP vs. New Mexico St.

SMU vs. North Texas

Rice vs. Western Kentucky
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I would change CSU over Colorado. If CSU joins Big12 we are in with them.
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