Three-loss SEC teams, two-loss Miami, Indiana, and SMU (who BYU beat) were all ranked ahead of BYU. After a dominant showing against Colorado on Saturday night, social media was questioning whether BYU should have been considered for the College Football ...

The Cougars put together their most dominant performance of the season against Deion Sanders' Buffaloes squad.

BYU and Colorado both finished in a four-way tie for first place in the Big 12 standings, but neither team had the tiebreaker advantage to reach the Big 12 title game. That, among other factors, led Cougars quarterback Kedon Slovis to describe the Alamo Bowl matchup against the Buffaloes as "the people's" Big 12 championship game.