BYU Cougars college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for BYU are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of BYU Cougars teams.

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of BYU football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

BYU football rankings
			Massey		Howell		Sorenson		TFS		Hatch		Loudsound		Jellyjuke		Squaregear		Entropy		CPI		Moore		Bihl		Sagedrive		Congrove		M Cubed
Season	Overall Rating	Record	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating
2021	0.471	6 - 7	33	7.56	27	0.70	23	6716	31	147.51	26	0.62	21	50.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	58	78.25	23	9.56	N/A	N/A	28	74.92	16	0.97
2020	0.707	11 - 1	16	7.85	5	0.87	16	14250	N/A	N/A	13	0.73	N/A	N/A	5	1.48	6	0.64	3	74.48	6	0.13	6	93.95	13	13.82	N/A	N/A	48	72.32	9	1.64
2019	0.498	7 - 6	71	1.50	57	0.57	52	23727	55	136.65	46	0.50	56	41.12	53	0.15	58	0.53	59	47.57	56	0.03	90	58.00	55	0.47	58	0.56	59	34.48	64	-0.62
2018	0.503	7 - 6	57	1.69	58	0.58	63	17759	59	138.76	58	0.44	69	38.82	62	0.07	59	0.53	60	48.39	58	0.03	40	72.58	66	0.26	62	0.55	65	35.72	52	-0.27
2017	0.359	4 - 9	99	1.21	105	0.37	111	8916	108	120.27	103	0.23	107	27.31	111	-0.95	106	0.43	99	36.18	108	0.00	102	55.13	109	-10.84	106	0.29	105	19.24	105	-2.12
2016	0.578	9 - 4	38	1.80	41	0.65	38	24261	37	143.79	37	0.57	38	45.25	45	0.45	44	0.56	39	79.01	45	0.04	35	71.74	49	3.09	41	0.65	26	54.46	41	0.26
2015	0.594	9 - 4	41	1.81	37	0.69	45	23408	46	141.74	35	0.58	41	46.91	40	0.52	36	0.57	36	75.47	34	0.05	40	72.17	40	6.59	34	0.69	27	61.79	37	0.39
2014	0.536	8 - 5	59	1.63	48	0.62	62	19814	57	136.61	51	0.50	58	41.84	53	0.23	52	0.54	49	71.64	50	0.04	59	66.11	53	1.97	51	0.60	42	46.04	46	0.06
2013	0.571	8 - 5	36	1.82	31	0.67	37	20670	40	136.74	33	0.57	40	44.29	41	0.40	36	0.56	26	77.71	38	0.04	38	72.49	40	6.27	40	0.65	40	48.10	73	-0.63
2012	0.548	8 - 5	27	1.93	27	0.70	43	24575	45	92.14	47	0.52	47	44.74	50	0.33	51	0.54	24	80.30	46	0.04	27	75.62	46	4.51	49	0.61	36	48.32	37	0.28
2011	0.566	10 - 3	31	1.87	31	0.67	39	24848	36	91.77	36	0.54	32	47.56	29	0.61	30	0.57	28	78.00	30	0.05	34	72.42	31	5.86	28	0.71	19	59.27	29	0.85
2010	0.500	7 - 6	55	1.72	51	0.59	51	20624	52	84.23	55	0.46	48	41.94	50	0.20	53	0.53	49	75.64	58	0.02	46	70.70	51	1.84	53	0.57	49	40.39	38	0.48
2009	0.646	11 - 2	15	2.13	16	0.77	14	28600	13	97.56	14	0.69	13	54.56	11	1.21	12	0.62	15	84.81	14	0.09	23	76.50	12	12.83	10	0.84	9	66.98	11	1.33
2008	0.585	10 - 3	36	1.88	28	0.68	34	29518	30	99.95	39	0.55	25	49.60	19	0.83	28	0.58	35	78.67	22	0.07	40	70.39	26	7.95	25	0.72	18	56.82	21	1.00
2007	0.638	11 - 2	14	2.04	11	0.76	15	29084	13	98.75	20	0.64	11	52.61	11	1.15	10	0.61	20	83.67	8	0.10	16	78.44	17	11.34	9	0.83	9	65.15	11	1.22
2006	0.649	11 - 2	8	2.24	12	0.79	17	29548	18	99.17	14	0.69	15	53.38	16	1.09	15	0.61	14	85.34	18	0.08	8	84.91	18	11.98	15	0.81	11	68.85	14	1.22
2005	0.475	6 - 6	55	1.65	57	0.55	57	24472	59	89.97	67	0.42	69	35.99	68	-0.07	67	0.50	55	69.53	58	0.02	50	68.58	59	1.09	67	0.50	59	33.55	54	0.15
2004	0.490	5 - 6	46	1.60	55	0.57	39	26979	41	96.51	53	0.46	62	37.93	60	0.03	56	0.52	40	75.86	61	0.02	55	67.31	45	1.82	58	0.52	73	30.30	58	-0.01
2003	0.419	4 - 8	71	1.44	79	0.44	70	20901	69	85.22	74	0.37	84	31.58	76	-0.29	77	0.48	63	68.25	84	0.01	79	54.79	74	-2.14	80	0.41	83	22.72	81	-0.46
2002	0.404	5 - 7	84	1.23	84	0.40	84	14841	82	104.45	78	0.33	81	30.08	78	-0.46	81	0.46	85	62.45	78	0.01	84	52.03	82	-5.89	78	0.37	73	30.25	81	-0.80
2001	0.614	12 - 2	44	1.80	21	0.72	32	28961	24	125.54	25	0.61	18	51.68	15	1.04	18	0.60	37	76.54	19	0.07	65	61.71	24	9.06	15	0.80	13	64.73	15	1.19
2000	0.488	6 - 6	56	1.56	61	0.53	58	23642	61	112.71	62	0.44	62	38.04	59	0.04	58	0.51	63	70.61	57	0.02	67	61.61	58	0.52	62	0.52	54	39.32	57	0.06
1999	0.569	8 - 4	37	1.75	27	0.67	30	26960	30	108.56	21	0.62	30	45.42	23	0.68	20	0.58	37	74.84	21	0.05	52	63.00	32	5.88	22	0.70	27	56.88	17	0.95
1998	0.502	9 - 5	49	1.66	42	0.60	54	4005	51	101.33	45	0.50	44	42.31	44	0.20	45	0.53	50	71.99	44	0.02	53	63.00	49	1.54	44	0.58	35	56.27	41	0.48
1997	0.474	6 - 5	63	1.55	62	0.51	73	-3406	62	97.67	61	0.43	60	38.52	57	-0.02	58	0.50	63	66.34	57	0.02	20	75.00	61	-0.91	56	0.51	28	60.23	57	0.05
1996	0.691	14 - 1	11	2.23	8	0.81	17	12718	17	115.96	10	0.73	6	57.93	5	1.62	6	0.64	12	86.56	6	0.12	18	78.00	7	17.06	5	0.91	8	88.57	6	1.66
1995	0.524	7 - 4	48	1.72	47	0.59	41	5218	45	103.92	38	0.53	47	42.06	40	0.41	31	0.56	46	72.40	32	0.04	44	68.00	43	3.56	33	0.65	42	53.91	39	0.55
1994	0.570	10 - 3	25	1.86	21	0.72	21	6877	23	111.56	21	0.63	21	48.24	17	0.83	18	0.59	28	79.94	19	0.06	33	70.00	21	8.82	18	0.75	30	33.90	26	0.75
1993	0.467	6 - 6	47	1.60	38	0.56	47	4254	43	102.85	38	0.51	44	38.11	47	0.06	41	0.52	51	67.33	44	0.02	41	66.00	49	0.74	43	0.53	46	20.31	36	0.36
1992	0.557	8 - 5	29	1.78	28	0.66	29	7246	28	107.96	27	0.57	30	43.20	27	0.52	26	0.55	33	80.31	26	0.04	21	74.00	28	5.36	28	0.64	N/A	N/A	26	0.74
1991	0.599	8 - 3 - 2	20	1.99	22	0.72	22	9335	22	111.43	23	0.62	23	50.99	21	0.86	20	0.59	22	80.95	19	0.07	20	75.00	24	8.71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	19	1.09
1990	0.606	10 - 3	22	1.91	15	0.75	28	6197	18	114.56	22	0.63	16	50.95	14	0.98	14	0.60	16	83.82	15	0.08	26	72.00	16	10.29	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	15	1.16
1989	0.577	10 - 3	29	1.79	20	0.72	30	5157	22	112.03	25	0.60	21	48.48	21	0.77	20	0.58	27	75.63	21	0.06	24	73.00	24	8.88	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	21	0.98
1988	0.554	9 - 4	39	1.69	24	0.68	25	5429	27	108.72	29	0.57	26	47.03	25	0.61	26	0.57	37	77.85	29	0.05	37	68.00	26	6.47	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	0.88
1987	0.525	9 - 4	44	1.59	35	0.64	50	948	48	102.96	31	0.57	31	44.65	33	0.48	32	0.56	44	74.58	29	0.04	47	65.00	36	3.21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	0.65
1986	0.515	8 - 5	40	1.62	34	0.62	47	1804	39	105.52	30	0.55	39	41.78	36	0.33	35	0.53	52	70.99	38	0.03	36	69.00	37	2.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	50	0.11
1985	0.612	11 - 3	21	1.93	13	0.80	21	8847	22	115.07	22	0.66	24	50.46	22	0.90	23	0.59	24	80.76	24	0.07	13	79.00	21	10.24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	29	0.75
1984	0.692	13 - 0	2	2.23	1	0.86	9	9891	11	117.55	4	0.74	1	59.50	1	1.83	2	0.65	3	91.87	3	0.11	3	80.00	1	18.28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	1.66
1983	0.686	11 - 1	7	2.20	7	0.83	11	10744	11	119.79	6	0.76	7	57.46	6	1.53	5	0.65	12	87.65	6	0.14	9	79.00	7	16.43	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	1.65
1982	0.570	8 - 4	36	1.80	25	0.73	31	6670	31	113.94	27	0.62	32	45.53	29	0.63	28	0.57	33	80.26	27	0.05	30	69.00	35	6.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	0.94
1981	0.628	11 - 2	15	1.92	12	0.78	16	10329	20	116.96	18	0.69	12	54.12	10	1.18	13	0.60	19	83.86	13	0.07	16	76.00	15	12.32	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	1.15
1980	0.687	12 - 1	10	2.22	10	0.85	13	12552	14	121.65	11	0.76	7	57.41	6	1.53	6	0.64	14	85.33	5	0.12	6	83.00	9	16.17	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	1.57
1979	0.695	11 - 1	15	2.07	7	0.87	10	13128	11	124.04	9	0.76	N/A	N/A	9	1.42	8	0.64	9	89.13	5	0.13	7	78.00	11	16.12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	1.66
1978	0.552	9 - 4	38	1.66	30	0.70	40	4703	37	111.28	35	0.59	34	44.67	34	0.63	33	0.56	33	77.99	38	0.04	44	65.00	34	6.57	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	28	0.86
1977	0.573	9 - 2	29	1.75	19	0.76	29	7315	32	114.79	27	0.63	20	49.87	26	0.80	26	0.57	34	77.41	37	0.05	35	68.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	41	0.53
1976	0.527	9 - 3	51	1.45	31	0.66	51	2753	51	105.74	35	0.55	32	47.00	33	0.65	32	0.56	54	70.89	38	0.04	37	67.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	35	0.54
1975	0.469	6 - 5	59	1.36	58	0.58	63	648	60	103.54	56	0.48	64	38.80	67	0.08	63	0.51	61	66.29	68	0.02	80	57.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	52	0.40
1974	0.493	7 - 4 - 1	59	1.46	49	0.61	59	921	58	104.49	57	0.46	56	39.86	54	0.27	57	0.52	62	68.31	59	0.03	33	69.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	51	0.33
1973	0.420	5 - 6	66	1.34	67	0.52	79	-2956	78	97.44	74	0.38	82	32.44	84	-0.39	78	0.47	75	61.78	80	0.01	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	86	-0.70
1972	0.454	7 - 4	64	1.21	56	0.55	69	-660	67	100.68	67	0.41	59	38.91	58	0.11	59	0.51	63	66.25	62	0.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	60	-0.06
1971	0.434	5 - 6	73	1.23	59	0.52	69	-241	65	101.58	74	0.38	76	33.54	75	-0.21	71	0.48	75	65.59	78	0.01	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	77	-0.47
1970	0.360	3 - 8	86	1.08	95	0.38	87	-5345	94	91.30	97	0.24	104	25.31	96	-0.75	94	0.43	85	58.16	100	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	79	-0.65