And of course Notre Dame lost to barely-FBS level Northern Illinois ("or something like that").
Rank Team
Rank |
Team |
#Wins |
#P4 Wins |
1 |
Alabama (40) |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Texas (19) |
5 |
2 |
3 |
Ohio State (4) |
4 |
1 |
4 |
Tennessee |
4 |
1 |
5 |
Georgia |
3 |
2 |
6 |
Oregon |
4 |
1 |
7 |
Penn State |
4 |
2 |
8 |
Miami (FL) |
5 |
2 |
9 |
Missouri |
4 |
1 |
10 |
Michigan |
4 |
2 |
11 |
Southern California |
3 |
2 |
12 |
Ole Miss |
4 |
1 |
13 |
LSU |
4 |
2 |
14 |
Notre Dame |
4 |
3 |
15 |
Clemson |
3 |
2 |
16 |
Iowa State |
4 |
2 |
17 |
BYU |
5 |
3 |
18 |
Utah |
4 |
2 |
19 |
Oklahoma |
4 |
2 |
20 |
Kansas State |
4 |
2 |
21 |
Boise State |
3 |
0 |
22 |
Louisville |
3 |
1 |
23 |
Indiana |
5 |
1 |
24 |
Illinois |
4 |
2 |
T-25 |
Texas A&M |
4 |
2 |
T-25 |
UNLV |
4 |
2 |
And many of those others who've won 2 P4 games count one P4 patsy, like Vanderbilt. And some of them even have losses (even to teams outside the top 25 - looking at you, POSER UTAH).
BYU is one of only four teams with 5 wins total.
BYU's P4 opponents have a combined record of 10-2 (not including the BYU loss). They're not exactly cupcakes.
Let's not forget, 2 of BYU's 3 P4 wins were on the road. That's the same amount as the 2nd most TOTAL P4 wins in the top 25.
BYU should be ranked higher.