Blue Cat Rooting Guide Week 4

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The goals for BYU are:



1. To go to a NY6 bowl game

2. To achieve the highest ranking possible

3. To win as many games as possible

4. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl team possible

5. To be better than Utah



Ideal records



BYU 11-1

Arizona 11-2 Pac-12 champs

Cal 10-2

Wisconsin 12-1 B1G champs

McNeese 11-1

Washington 10-3

USU 9-3

Hawaii 10-4

NIU 10-3 MAC Champs

Boise St. 11-2 MWC Champs

UMass 8-4

NMSU 7-5

Utah 2-10



A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.



#25 BYU over McNeese St



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



Bye



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



Arizona over Oregon St

Hawaii over Duquesne

New Mexico St over UTEP

Northern Illinois over Florida State

UMass over Charlotte

Utah St over AF

#10 Washington over Arizona St

#18 Wisconsin over Iowa



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 # 22 Texas A&M

Missouri over #2 Georgia

Georgia Tech over #3 Clemson

Tulane over #4 Ohio St

Army over #5 Oklahoma

Louisiana Tech over #6 LSU

#7 Stanford over #20 Oregon

Arkansas over #9 Auburn

Illinois over #10 Penn St

Wake Forest over #8 Notre Dame

Kansas St over #12 West Virginia

ODU over #13 Virginia Tech

Kentucky over #14 Mississippi St

Texas Tech over #15 Oklahoma St

FAU over #16 UCF

Texas over # 17 TCU

Nebraska over #19 Michigan

FIU over #21 Miami

Purdue over #23 Boston College

Indiana over #24 Michigan St



E. Cheer for our Opponents’ opponents unless they are playing our opponents. This helps our SOS in virtually every SOS calculation. Cheer for the team that our opponents have defeated or will likely defeat. All things being equal cheer for the more connected team (unless it violates rules A-D). For example, Washington St. is one of the most connected teams to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (Cal, Arizona, Utah, Washington). The number by the team indicates how connected they are.



Akron over Iowa St

Ball St. over Western Kentucky

Central Michigan over Maine

Coastal Carolina over Louisiana Lafayette

Colorado St. 3 over Illinois St

Georgia Southern 2

Houston over Texas Southern

Liberty 3 over North Texas

Miami OH over Bowling Green

Minnesota 2 over Maryland

Navy over SMU

Nevada 2 over Toledo

North Carolina over Pitt

Ohio 2 over Cincinnati

Rice over Southern Miss

Rutgers over Buffalo

San Diego St. 2 over Eastern Michigan

South Florida over East Carolina

Texas St. over UTSA

Troy over Louisiana Monroe

Uconn 2 over Syracuse

UNLV 2 over Arkansas St

USC 3 over Washington St.

Western Michigan over Georgia St



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



Gardner Webb over App St

NCCU over Duke



G. Cheer for the G5 over P5. Fight the power!



Kent St. over Mississippi

Marshall over North Carolina St



H. It doesn’t really matter



Florida vs Tennessee

Kansas vs Baylor

Louisville vs Virginia

Memphis vs South Alabama

South Carolina vs Vanderbilt

Tulsa vs Temple

Why don't I want Texas A&M to beat Alabama?



Nevermind, I get it. We want to be ahead of Texas A&M in the polls, so they need to lose.



Ugh...I hate cheering for Alabama. Do I have to?

I have no qualms either way with the rooting guide aside from my own Vanderbilt connections. Vandy almost pulled off the upset against Notre Dame, and is a fellow 2-1 team heading into a clash with South Carolina. And let's face it, South Carolina is a team everyone is happy to beat. Go Commodores, and goooooooo Cougars!