Blue Cat Rooting Guide Week 5

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The goals for BYU



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.



# 20 BYU over #11 Washington



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



Washington St over Utah



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



Arizona over USC

Boise St over Wyoming

#24 Cal over #19 Oregon

Hawaii over San Jose St

McNeese St over SFA

Northern Illinois over Eastern Michigan

UMass over Ohio



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).



Louisiana Lafayette over #1 Alabama

Tennessee over #2 Georgia

Syracuse over #3 Clemson

#4 Ohio St over #9 Penn St

Mississippi over #5 LSU

Baylor over #6 Oklahoma

#7 Stanford over #8 Notre Dame

Southern Miss over #10 Auburn

#25 Texas Tech over #12 West Virginia

Pitt over #13 UCF

Northwestern over #14 Michigan

North Carolina over #16 Miami

South Carolina over #17 Kentucky

Kansas St over #18 Texas

Central Michigan over #21 Michigan St.

Virginia Tech over #22 Duke

Florida over #23 Mississippi 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.



Army over Buffalo

Arizona St. 3 over Oregon St.

Ball St. over Kent St

Boston College over Temple

Charlotte over UAB

Eastern Michigan

FIU over UAPB

Florida St. over Louisville

Fresno St. 2 over Toledo

Georgia Southern 2 over Arkansas St

HBU over SMU

Liberty 3 over New Mexico

Nevada 2 over Air Force

Oklahoma St. over Kansas

Purdue over Nebraska

Rice over Wake Forest

Rutgers over Indiana

Troy over Coastal Carolina

Uconn 2 over Cincinnati

UCLA 4 over Colorado

UTEP over UTSA

Western Kentucky over Marshall

Western Michigan over Miami Ohio



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



Tennessee St over Vanderbilt



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



Bowling Green over Georgia Tech



H. It doesn’t really matter



Arkansas vs Texas A&M

East Carolina vs. Old Dominion

Florida Atlantic vs. MTSU

Iowa St vs. TCU

Louisiana Monroe vs. Georgia St

Louisiana Tech vs. North Texas

Memphis vs. Tulane

North Carolina St vs. Virginia

South Alabama vs Appalachian St

I know you've already got us rooting for Ole Miss but we should hope they don't lose another game - they have a bowl ban. It could work out that BYU takes the SEC spot in the Texas bowl.

I like that idea.