For 2 reason:
1) It would boost BYU's resume to beat an undefeated Iowa State and potentially get out of the 4 seed.

2) They would possibly make it to the CFP as well with only one loss, which would give the Big 12 (and BYU) more money.

* K-State and BYU could potentially both make it to the CFP too, but it would require BYU to lose to K-State in the Big 12 Championship game, which is not in BYU's best interest.

Other rooting interests this week:
- Penn State Ohio State getting a 2nd loss would be nice. Gives a 1 loss Big 12 team a better chance.
- SMU beating Pitt. It would be awesome for the ACC to start beating each other up a bit. The more losses Pitt, Miami, and Clemson take, the better.
- Louisville needs to beat Clemson. Same reasoning as above.
- SEC upsets. The SEC needs to have as many 2 loss teams as physically possible. That means we want Florida, Kentucky and South Carolina to win. The funny thing is, I actually think some of those are very plausible.
- San Diego State needs to beat Boise State. This ensures that the non-P4 champ jumps the Big 12 champ in the rankings (assuming that the first CFP rankings are similar to the AP, which they are in most years for the most part).

Obviously this post is only for those who care about what will be beneficial to BYU. It's not for the "just win your games" crowd who don't believe the actions of others affect them (they seem to not realize the amount of help BYU needed in 1984 to become the only undefeated team. Other games matter.)