SenorCougar wrote:
In my opinion, my ranking (from top to bottom) is as follows:
1. West Virginia
2. UCLA
3. Toledo
4. Utah
5. Arizona
I could flip UCLA and Toledo, but feel if those two played, UCLA might prevail. What do others think? How do you rank our past opponents?
My ranking would be from toughest to weakest:
1. UCLA
2. Arizona
3. Utah
4. West Virginia
5. Toledo
Why? Because BYU pushed both West Virginia and Toledo around offensively and had BYU's defense been healthy and had played as aggressive and tough as they did in the first 3 games both games would have been blowouts by BYU.
UCLA was the toughest defense by far and had the best offense of the first 3, but BYU's offense didn't go up temp until the last drive of the game and if they had played up tempo the whole 4th qtr BYU wins it.
Utah and Arizona were laughers as BYU's defense shut them down and had BYU kicked the PAT instead of going for 2 against Utah and gone to OT BYU probably wins it and would be 2-0 after the first 2 games. Arizona's D is far better than either West Virginia or Toledo's D.
Michigan St after this week will be sitting at # 1 as they will be the toughest team BYU will play all season.