BYU's football program is one of the top five disrespected programs in college football, according to CBS Sports' Tom Fornelli. The Cougars took the No. 4 spot on programs that, "We never quite take seriously enough, even when we definitely should."
"As an independent the Cougars still have to fight just to be considered as a 'Power Five' non-conference opponent by the Power Five conferences," Fornelli wrote on Friday. "No, the Cougars don't have the same history of success as Notre Dame, but to lump them together as just another Conference USA or Sun Belt school?