BYU Football moved up one spot in Tuesday’s College Football Playoff Rankings, thanks to Michigan State’s upset victory over Northwestern.
The CFB Playoff Committee dug in its heels on BYU’s ranking, claiming strength of schedule was again the reason they ranked them so low. When asked by Rece Davis, Committee chairman Gary Barta said, “I said last week, great respect for BYU, but what is it that holds it back if you compare BYU’s games they’ve played, the teams against who they’ve competed, and you compare those to some other teams, it’s really the strength of schedule or the games that they’re playing not being as strong as the other teams that were in the ranking ahead of them.