Saturday did not play out how BYU had hoped. In a 29-7 drubbing on the road, BYU football looked completely overmatched in their first taste of top-10 action. Whether BYU was really that bad, Texas Tech was really that good, or the truth lies somewhere in between, there is just no denying that the Cougars left Lubbock licking their wounds and suddenly very vulnerable to the will of the College Football Playoff Selection committee.
It's a tough break for a BYU team that had reached the 8-0 mark for the second straight season, and has jostled the Cougars' national foothold.