- Northwestern over tOSU — duh
- Texas over Arkansas — Someone has to win the SEC, might as well be Sark’s team
- Colorado over utah — Colorado is our most likely opponent in the CCG; the higher their ranking the better for BYU SOS, seeding, and potential at-large berth
- Pitt over Clemson — helps SMU’s SOS
- Tulane over Navy — K-State SOS
- UMass over Liberty — because Liberty
- Michigan State over Illinois — hurts Penn St. SOS
- Cal over Syracuse — SMU SOS
- Purdue over Penn St. — BYU can leapfrog PSU
- UVa over Notre Dame — obviously
- SMU over Boston College — BYU SOS
- Louisville over Stanford — SMU SOS
- LSU over Florida — hurts Miami SOS, LSU already has 3 losses
- Nebraska over USC — Colorado SOS
- Baylor over WVU — BYU SOS
- USC over Missouri — the original USC
- SJSU over Boise — BSU is too close to BYU in CFP rankings
- K-State over ASU — KSU is one of our signature wins, plus an ASU loss helps us clinch CCG berth
- Wisconsin over Oregon — obviously
- Georgia over Tennessee — give UT a 2nd loss
- NMSU over Texas A&M — weakens ND SOS
- ISU over Cincinnati — helps Big 12 if top teams do well and stay ranked
- New Mexico over Wazzu — Support Bronco, plus eliminates a potential rival for at-large CFP berth
- UNLV over SDSU — UNLV played 2 Big 12 teams this year
- All Other — root for the underdogs, especially against top SEC & BIG teams