Phil Steele's 2018 college football preview magazine has hit the newsstands throughout the country. Included is an exhaustive analysis of every Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team nationwide.
His highly respected analysis has been fair to BYU over the years. Based upon the disastrous 2017 BYU Cougar season, his expectations for the upcoming year are quite restrained.
Steele has a power ranking system that estimates the relative strength of each college football team. Based upon the current rankings, BYU could be a double-digit underdog in possibly as many as six games. To top it off, the Cougars may only be a clear favorite in three of the other six contests of the regular season.