Out of Conference Scheduling

I mean LSU played Miami this year, and is playing Texas next year.

We just played Xavier, Duke, and Arizona. Still have Dayton and Murray State to go.

With a 4 team playoff, I’m not sure many teams are going to pack their schedules with 50/50 proposition games.

I think entering an PAC12, ACC or Big10/12 challenge might get some quality matchups scheduled.

A coach might need Alabama St and Liberty to get that bowl game and keep the market rate fans engaged.

In the SEC, if you win your division or go 11-1, the chances of making top 4 are pretty good. Most teams play at least one big OOC game per year. I don’t see teams signing up for Ohio State to open, bringing in Oklahoma for homecoming and play neutral site opener with Clemson.

I’d like to see home and home with

Washington

Colorado

Utah

Notre Dame

UCLA

Arizona State

Oklahoma

Penn State

Michigan

Ohio State

Wisconsin

Illinois

Iowa

Nebraska

TCU

Texas

Miami

08/31 - Georgia State
09/07 - BYU
09/14 - Chattanooga
11/02 - UAB

2020
09/05 - Charlotte
09/12 - at Oklahoma
09/19 - Furman

2021
09/04 - Bowling Green
09/11 - Pitt
09/18 - South Alabama

2022
09/03 - Ball State
09/10 - at Pitt
09/17 - Army

2023
09/02 - at BYU

2024
09/07 - Oklahoma

2026
09/12 - at Nebraska

2027
09/11 - Nebraska

Nope. Bama needs their yearly weak OOC schedule to pad stats.

I vote P5 only.

I am for diversity in scheduling. I love how everything is unique and the desire for everything to be uniform is silly. Different teams have different priorities and should be able to schedule to those.

That being said, if I was the NCAA College Football czar, and I had to pick a priority for what would make the overall health of the sport better and more interesting, as ESPN is hemorrhaging subscribers and more young kids are watching video game streams than college football play... I think diversity in play should be the top priority along with regional rivalries.

Now this doesn't necessarily mean just more P5 opponents, although that's the best form. I would also want more G5 and FCS matchups. Some P5 teams having rivalries with G5 teams should be embraced and some teams have tough P5 rivalries that should be embraced. Some FCS teams are even important, IMO. North Dakota State should play everybody. I think Ole Miss should play Memphis every year, but also play the Arkansas States and Middle Tennessees if they'd like to. I think South Carolina or Clemson should play the Citadel every year. I think Florida should play Florida State every year and Miami all the time but also other P5 programs.

If I could design a college football schedule I'd say everyone had to play 1 FCS team, 2 G5 teams, 2 P5 teams and 8 conference games. This isn't possible, as it would require a 13 game season and dictate that conferences couldn't have 9 games, but I think it would be incredibly healthy for the sport.