BYU opponent's record: Week 11

Week 11 record 6-5



Arizona (2-7) lost vs #12 Colorado (7-2) 24-49

#15 Utah (7-2) won @ Arizona State (5-4) 49-26

UCLA (3-6) won vs Oregon State (2-7) 38-24

#16 West Virginia (7-1) won @ Texas (5-4) 24-20

Toledo (7-2) won @ Northern Illinois (3-6) 31-24

Michigan State (2-7) won vs Rutgers (2-7) 49-0

Mississippi State (4-5) lost @ #1 Alabama (9-0) 3-51

#22 Boise State (8-1) won @ Hawaii (4-6) 52-16

Cincinnati (4-5) lost @ UCF (5-4) 3-24

Southern Utah (5-4) lost @ BYU (5-4) 7-37

UMass (2-8) BYE

Utah State (3-6) lost vs New Mexico (6-3) 21-24



Week 12 games



Arizona (2-8) @ Oregon State (2-8)

#11 Utah (8-2) vs Oregon (3-7)

UCLA (4-6) vs #15 USC (7-3)

#10 West Virginia (8-1) vs #11 Oklahoma (8-2)

Toledo (8-2) vs Ball State (4-6)

Michigan State (3-7) vs #2 Ohio State (9-1)

Mississippi State (4-6) vs Arkansas (6-4)

#22 Boise State (9-1) vs UNLV (4-6)

Cincinnati (4-6) vs Memphis (6-4)

Southern Utah (5-5) @ Northern Arizona (5-5)

UMass (2-8) @ BYU (6-4)

Utah State (3-7) @ Nevada (3-7)

Maybe we need to replace USU from our schedules.

7 opponents will likely be ineligible for bowls, plus FCS SUU....so only 4 bowl teams on the schedule.

At the start of this season, who woulda thought UCLA, Mich St, and Miss St would be struggling to make a bowl in week 11.

Also interesting that 3 of the 4 teams to beat us are currently in the top 25: #10 West Virginia (8-1), #11 Utah (8-2), #22 Boise State (9-1)

While surprising it's not at all shocking to me. Every team often thinks they face a killer schedule when they have a few big name teams on the schedule, but the reality is you often think of the great years each of those teams have had and ignore their off years. The chances every team you face will be having a great year the year you play them is pretty small.

hawkwing wrote:
While surprising it's not at all shocking to me. Every team often thinks they face a killer schedule when they have a few big name teams on the schedule, but the reality is you often think of the great years each of those teams have had and ignore their off years. The chances every team you face will be having a great year the year you play them is pretty small.

the chance that all of them fall flat on their face the year you play them is also small.

scott715 wrote:
Maybe we need to replace USU from our schedules.

We should be hosting Utah St. on a 3-for-1 basis, as in the past, and most MWC, CUSA, and MAC teams as one-and-done payday home games. THAT is how BYU will get P5-like schedules.



Then, get some more series like Minnesota, Virginia, Baylor, and Mississippi St. and fill in the gaps with Hawaii and AAC opponents.

Toledo is closing in on a Top 25 ranking themselves.

YNot wrote:

Maybe we need to replace USU from our schedules.

We should be hosting Utah St. on a 3-for-1 basis, as in the past, and most MWC, CUSA, and MAC teams as one-and-done payday home games. THAT is how BYU will get P5-like schedules.

I agree. BYU is running $5M in the black every year which is ridiculous. All of that money should go to payday games or FB coaching salaries. BYU should have 7-8 home games a year.



If they need more money they should ask the donors.

LOL at 3:1's with USU and 8 home games/year.

I would love to have 7 home games a year and a 2 for 1 with USU, and I think that's unlikely most years, let alone 3-1 and 8 home games.



Also ticket prices would go up with 7 home games rather than 6, and that may hurt ticket sales.

We could pay for the payday game using ESPN's money for that game.

So far Holmoe has been content to use neutral site games instead of trying to secure extra home games. But I guess we'll see if those keep coming or if things go another direction.

USU does not believe BYU is the big brother. They would look foolish to agree to a 3:1 schedule ... they MIGHT be able to sell a 2:1 schedule if it paid enough. The neutral site option works well with P5 and G5 opponents (especially because Holmoe has done an incredible job getting NFL venues for us), and that has worked. Getting greedy won't help us.