BYU went to the Huntsman Center and got a win for the first time since 2021 last weekend.
Its reward? A two-spot drop in the AP Top 25 from No. 9 to No. 11.
That fall had BYU head coach Kevin Young scratching his head on Monday.
“Somebody just told me we dropped to 11, which I still don’t get,” Young said. “I really don’t understand how the polls work, truly. I’m not trying to be funny. I mean, we have one loss by two points against the No. 3 team in the country in their backyard. And we were down two starters.
“So I don’t understand how we dropped in the polls,” he continued. “But that is neither here nor there.”
The Cougars are 15-1, but somehow not in the top 10 at the moment.
BYU will have another difficult week ahead with TCU coming to town and then a top-15 matchup against Texas Tech on Saturday in Lubbock.
“There is no doubt it is the best league. There are four teams in the top 10,” Young said. “The bottom line is our league is really hard.”