I thought a ranking of #14 was generous for playing a Sun Belt schedule. Don’t understand the complaining from Provo. They are still on track for a trip to Idaho in the Potato Bowl against a 4th place team from the MAC. Sounds like a fitting reward for beating North Alabama and Troy. Oh, and don’t forget squeaking out a 7 point win against UTSA!
It’s hard to rank them with their schedule and the fact that there are probably 30 teams that would be 9-0 with that same schedule. However, BYU looks good and they would probably have the same record as several of the teams ranked ahead of them if they had played that teams schedule, specifically Indiana, Iowa St. and Oklahoma.
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The #14 ranking seems WAAAAY too high. I’ll give them credit for creating a schedule on the fly, but who they created it with leaves much to be desired. It’s possible that they could be worthy of the ranking, but I don’t think that they’ve really been tested by anyone. IMO if they get an NY6 bowl, it’ll be a Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl embarrassment for them.
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Apparently BYU’s mistake was BEATING the sunbelt teams they played instead of losing to them, like Iowa State did. 
BYU has a pretty good team this year. They’ve got an experienced OL. They’ve got a QB and WR’s who make plays. They don’t rely on gimmicks to score and can pound it. I don’t know how you can watch the game and not think they’re good.
How good? I don’t know. Hopefully before the end of the season we’ll get to see. Even if we’re just talking about a bowl game against a non-sucky P5.
But I like their chances in a potential NY6 matchup. Let’s be honest - outside of the top 4-5 this year, no one looks all that overpowering. This is one of the more crazy CFB seasons.
For those of you who missed it, on college game day last weekend, Bear said he talked to the line-setters in Vegas and BYU would get the same line as Cincy against any of the top teams. I know that’s all just for entertainment purposes and isn’t to pick winners - but I think it does say something about how BYU is viewed outside of echo chambers like this one (and CB - I must admit).
It’s just a weird year for college football all around. Especially with so few inter-conference games to gauge the strength of one conference against another.
I agree that Northwestern is impressive at 5-1.
But consider - only 2 of those 5 wins are against teams with a winning record. And they just lost to a team that was 1-3 before playing them. So how good are they really? No idea. Better than the 5 teams they beat - at least on those 5 days. But that isn’t really saying a lot.
I think the chaos and instability of players being in and out of practice, games getting switched up, etc., has definitely had an impact on how teams play. I’m sure some coaches are better at adjusting on the fly while others have a hard time outside of their traditional prep routine.
Complaining? I thought it was whining of a non-Power 5 team because they aren’t invited to the big boy games.
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So BYU gets the same lines as Cincy. I believe it. What are those lines? Because Cincy played Ohio State last year and lost by 45+.
BYU isn’t that good. They are the same as they were last year. Good news is, we will find out. And there’s a great chance Utah will get to wreck BYU’s season.
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Why should BYU be ahead of UW or USC?
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Finally, IF we go out and show well vs OSU, I wouldn’t be surprised if Utah is ranked by the CFP at 25 or 24. Especially if UW and USC stay unbeaten.
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#PhonyChampionship - If we are handing out a trophy, give it to COVID. It kicked everyone’s ass.
#PhonyPoll - TDS is in it, ‘nuff said.
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Huh. You think so? Utah’s two losses are to ranked teams. If Utah beats OSU soundly, they will have beaten the team that beat Oregon. Colorado happens to play Arizona this weekend. They will win and they will be ranked.
If Utah beats Colorado, that means they will be 2-2, with their two losses vs the two teams in the pseudo P-12 title game and wins over the team that beat Oregon and a ranked Colorado team.
0 percent chance of being ranked, huh?
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I hate the “give credit to them because they tried to schedule harder”. Such a dumb argument.
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I could see if we started 2-0 over Ore St. and CU then lost to USC and UW that we would be 24/25 if CFP (because we started higher). But to start 0-2 (even ‘good’ losses) and then get to 2-2, we probably are just outside. With 3-2, maybe start to sneak in. 4-2 gets us to maybe the high teens (do they do a final one after bowl games?).
With bowls being cancelled left and right (down 3 or 4 for PAC-12 spots), who knows if we (or many) will even have a bowl. Maybe just schedule another game.
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I think the P12 should seriously consider scrapping the bowls and just trying to play 7-8 games into December instead.
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I would rather see us play a couple more PAC12 teams than a bowl at this point, partly because the 1st 2 got cancelled. A test against ASU would be good. AZ and UCLA probably good to get the confidence up. I’d even be glad to have a chance to play TDS and show them what a real defense can do against their underthrown long balls and weak RBs.
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Hey EddieR…you were saying BYU’s mistake was beating the Sun Belt teams and then slammed Iowa St? Why don’t you come back here and tell us how great your mighty cougars are? Oh that’s right, you are a troll and will never come back to UF.N again until your pussy cougars beat a couple of cupcakes by 40 points and think you are all tough! Suck it!
I told you that #14 was a very generous ranking by the CFP and now it looks like that was a little too generous.
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A little to generous? One of the biggest disrespect to college football ever. The talent it takes to get close to the top ten is something significantly different than their roster. Look at recruiting rankings.
Wait till they play some P5’s next year. Unbelievable how many were fooled. Doesn’t help that they have a contract with ESPN who has to prop them up. Coog fans were eating it up. Shocking that they are exactly what they always were. Same coaches, same talent. Scheduling completely down is their only answer and always has been.
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Let them have their fun. Reality will bite them in the backside soon enough. The only thing I’ll give BYU credit for was building a schedule out of nothing. Come next season when they play P5 and upper tier G5 teams they’ll get beat pretty regularly. All 2020 did was show just how weak their recruiting is.
Yes they’re still better than most G5 teams, but not good enough to consistently beat more talented teams.
We were in a similar boat not so long ago, our recruiting improved. BYU’s talent is pretty much capped unless something miraculous for them happens.
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This season has shown why the P5 needs to break off from the G5. You can’t compare the two. G5 have an exponentially easier road to undefeated and beating one or two P5 teams a year proves nothing.
Has a G5 ever gone 3-0 where they had three P5 games in a row? I’d bet the answer is no. They just aren’t deep enough to do that.
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