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BYU Football: 2021 opponent Power Rankings

By Adam Gibby

BOCA RATON, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 22: Lopini Katoa #4 of the Brigham Young Cougars leaps over against the Central Florida Knights at FAU Stadium on December 22, 2020 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 22: Lopini Katoa #4 of the Brigham Young Cougars leaps over against the Central Florida Knights at FAU Stadium on December 22, 2020 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 30: Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall of the Virginia Cavaliers looks on during the second half of the Capital One Orange Bowl against the Florida Gators at Hard Rock Stadium on December 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 30: Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall of the Virginia Cavaliers looks on during the second half of the Capital One Orange Bowl against the Florida Gators at Hard Rock Stadium on December 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /

888. . 2020 Record 5-5. . Cavaliers . 5. team

The return of Bronco Mendenhall to Provo. The awaited game may come a few years too late to have a huge emotional rivalry feel. Considering Mendenhall’s last game with the Cougars was back in 2015, most of the BYU’s ROC section will have never attended a game when Bronco was the coach.

While the rivalry feel will be bland, the game at least on paper in the preseason seems like a great measuring stick for BYU. Virginia comes in with a label of about the most “average” P5 team that you can have. Virginia over the past four seasons has been 17-16 in ACC games and 21-20 overall record in P5 games. If that doesn’t say average, I don’t know what does.

This game will be a great measurement to where BYU Football is as a program. If BYU is an average P5 caliber team, I expect a close game, if they are not quite at that level, they may lose by a few scores, and if they are above average, BYU may surprise with a blowout.

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