Utah, BYU and Texas Tech are the three Big 12 teams still perfect at 5-0, and Meyer aimed his criticism at the Utes. He warned that the soft schedule could hurt their playoff chances. "I love Utah, I'm a Utah guy. At some point, you better start looking at schedules, boys," he said.
Utah has played Idaho, Arkansas, Utah State, Iowa State and Kansas. The Utes also skipped Texas Tech, which many view as one of the Big 12's top teams. Saturday brings a trip to Boulder to face Colorado, which has two wins and a three-game losing streak.
Meyer also pointed to the long term. "Get ready for awful games for the next decade if we do this," he said. Utah's second half looks tougher, with Houston, BYU, Arizona and TCU still ahead. The playoff selection committee weighs win-loss record heavily, but it does not judge teams on wins alone. For folks in Lubbock, that means one of Texas Tech's fellow unbeaten Big 12 teams now faces questions about who it never had to play.