(06-11-2021 06:43 AM)esayem Wrote:  BYU has the choice:

winning a conference title game which most likely involves going undefeated to be a top six champ, playing the extra 13th game, not putting together the entirety of their schedule, and competing for one spot.

OR

going undefeated, putting together the entirety of their schedule, and completing for six spots.

BYU has a choice, but it's not between winning a conference championship vs. going undefeated as an FBS independent.

Actually, BYU has this choice:

Join a conference, knowing that this would give them two different ways of making the CFP (by going undefeated, or by going 12-1 and winning their conference championship).

OR

Remaining as a FBS independent, knowing that their only pathway to the CFP is to go undefeated (only one BYU team has gone undefeated since 1922).

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As a FBS independent, losing a mid-season game would make it nearly impossible to compete for a national championship.

However, as a conference member, it would be possible to advance to the CFP, even if they lose a mid-season game.

Considering the fact that BYU has had many more 1-loss teams than undefeated teams, joining a conference would double or triple their chances of making their way to into the college football playoffs.