10 Saturday Video games That Will Affect BYU Throughout the Bye Week

BYU has a much-needed week off to heal up and put together for a large recreation at Texas Tech. While BYU is at house for the weekend, there are a number of Saturday video games that may impression BYU. Some video games will impression the Big 12 title race, and different video games will impression the CFP Rankings that may come out on Tuesday. In this text, we are going to break down these video games and why they impression BYU.

All recreation occasions are in Mountain Time.

Time: 10:00 AM
Network: ABC

A one-loss SEC workforce will all the time be a menace to an undefeated Big 12 workforce. Vanderbilt is presently ranked simply forward of BYU within the AP Poll, and they’re a menace to be ranked forward of BYU within the CFP rankings. A Vanderbilt loss to two-loss Texas would drop the Commodores beneath BYU within the polls heading into the primary CFP rankings. The Longhorns are presently favored on this recreation.

Time: 10:00 AM
Network: ESPN

Nothing would harm the ACC’s probabilities to get two playoff bids greater than a Miami loss to SMU. Of all of the groups within the ACC to beat Miami, SMU could be the best-case situation for the Big 12. SMU is 0-2 towards two mediocre Big 12 groups in Baylor and TCU. Additionally, Miami is presently tied with BYU within the AP Poll and it could profit BYU for the Canes to lose. Last 12 months, the committee gave the Miami model far more advantage of the doubt than BYU.

Time: 10:00 AM
Network: FS1

Houston simply retains hanging round within the Big 12 title race. The Cougars solely have one loss and so they have managed to keep away from a lot of the actually good groups within the Big 12 together with BYU, Cincinnati, and Utah. Houston is a candidate to steal a spot within the convention championship recreation over, frankly, far more deserving groups.

Houston’s schedule is so weak that it’ll make it tough for them to win any tiebreakers on the finish of the season. Therefore, yet another loss would give them an uphill battle to the convention championship recreation.

Whether it is this week or sooner or later in November, Houston simply must lose at the very least yet another recreation, however it could be greatest in the event that they misplaced two video games. For what it is value, FPI predicts a number of Houston losses in November. FPI offers Houston only a 5.7% probability to win all their video games this month.

Time: 10:00 AM
Network: ESPNU

A whole lot of multi-team tiebreakers within the Big 12 come all the way down to the convention profitable share of convention opponents. BYU is scheduled to play UCF and they aren’t scheduled to play Baylor. Therefore, a UCF win over the Bears would profit BYU in case of a multi-team tiebreaker down the highway.

The solely means for Utah to beat BYU in a tiebreaker is that if a number of groups are tied and it comes all the way down to convention profitable share. The profitable share is presently projected to be very narrowly higher than BYU’s. Opposite of BYU, the Utes will play Baylor and they won’t play UCF. Therefore, a UCF win over Baylor might be the distinction between BYU getting within the convention championship recreation or not down the highway.

Time: 11:00 AM
Network: TNT

Like UCF-Baylor, an Iowa State win over Arizona State would enhance the profitable share of BYU’s convention opponents. BYU performed Iowa State and they won’t face Arizona State. Utah performed Arizona State and they won’t play Iowa State.

It would additionally assist BYU’s resume if Iowa State goes on to win plenty of video games. Iowa State is an efficient soccer workforce that has an opportunity to go unbeaten in November. The Cylones may end ranked in the event that they go 9-3.

Time: 1:30 PM
Network: ABC

Georgia is just favored by a landing over 3-4 Florida. The Gators have an excellent protection that would make this a recreation. A Georgia loss would actually profit BYU – it could hand the Bulldogs their second lack of the season and drop them beneath the Cougars within the polls.

Time: 1:30 PM
Network: FOX

These recreation will impression BYU whatever the consequence. A Texas Tech would setup a high 15 showdown subsequent week in Lubbock. A Kansas State win over Texas Tech would hand the Red Raiders their second lack of convention play and provides BYU some cushion going into that recreation subsequent week. There are solely 4 groups within the Big 12 with one loss or much less and BYU is considered one of them. If any of the opposite three groups on the high of the Big 12 standings undergo a loss on Saturday, it could profit BYU. Besides BYU, Kansas State is the one formidable foe remaining on Texas Tech’s schedule.

Time: 5:00 PM
Network: ESPN

Ole Miss already has one loss. A second loss would profit BYU to leapfrog them within the polls. The Rebels have a reasonably straightforward schedule to shut out the season. Therefore, an athletic South Carolina workforce may be the one actual menace handy the Rebels their second loss.

Time: 5:30 PM
Network: ESPN2

Speaking of threats within the ACC, look no additional than Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets are undefeated and a menace to the Big 12. A loss to NC State would actually injury Georgia Tech’s probabilities at an at-large bid if they do not win the ACC title.

Regardless of the result, BYU will probably be impacted by this recreation. A Cincinnati loss would give BYU sole possession of first place within the Big 12 standings. A Utah loss would eradicate the Utes from title competition.

Some BYU followers would like to by no means see Utah win one other recreation. We get it, and admittedly, there’s some validity to it whatever the circumstance. When Utah is nice, they’re threats to take some recruits from BYU.

In this circumstance, nevertheless, it could in all probability profit BYU for Cincinnati to lose this recreation.

First, BYU is tied with Cincinnati within the standings. It would profit BYU to be in sole possession of first place heading into the ultimate month of the season. After the Utah recreation, Cincinnati will tackle Arizona, BYU, and TCU. If you exclude the BYU, FPI offers Cincinnati only a 33% probability to beat each Arizona and TCU. The extra video games Cincinnati loses from this level on the higher, and it may begin with the Utah recreation on Saturday evening.

If Cincinnati would not lose one other recreation or two, it could setup a possible play-in recreation to the Big 12 title recreation when BYU travels to Cincinnati later this month.

Second, BYU holds a head-to-head tiebreaker over Utah. If BYU and Utah are tied with one spot left within the championship recreation, BYU would get in over Utah. It’s value noting that Utah may get in over BYU in a multi-team tiebreaker situation, however in most circumstances, BYU would get in over Utah.

Third, Utah is the one ranked win that BYU has on its resume. If BYU goes to have an opportunity at an at-large berth to the CFP at 11-1, they would wish a ranked win over an excellent Utah workforce.