The obvious answer is it depends on what the landscape looks like as far as the resumes of the top teams.....  But if BYU goes undefeated, should they be included in the playoff with that schedule?


In their defense, that schedule probably looked harder on paper when they signed up for all these games.  Texas is down.  Boise St is good but still down from years past.  UConn hasnt elevated to the level many thought they would a few years ago.  Cal has obviously been really down for 3 or 4 years now.  Houston isnt quite the same team they were from a couple years ago when they won 13 games and blasted Penn St in their bowl game(that was Kevin Sumlin's last game there).


UCF is on the schedule and they may be better than what you thought when BYU agreed to play them.  But UCF still doesnt generate the same respect a bigger name school would.  Virginia is on the schedule and they may be tougher than you think but again, no respect for that game.  


The rest of the schedule is meh.

 

So far they've won at UConn and at Texas.  Both blowouts.  Will be interesting to see how they play the rest of the way.  I do think they have a legit shot at going undefeated.  But I think they would need to win in blowout fashion in most if not all of those games to have a shot at the playoffs.

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