(05-30-2014 03:07 PM)Wedge Wrote: (05-30-2014 02:03 PM)BruceMcF Wrote: Since the Big Ten going to 9 conference games takes around 10-12 games out of the mix (since the extra Big Ten game would normally replace a P5 game in schedules that presently include two P5 schools), that one change has the impact than we would see from every P5 conference adopting an "at least one P5 OOC" rule.
I'm not sure about that. Michigan State, for example, is not cancelling series with MAC opponents to accommodate a 9-game conference schedule. They're ending their series with Notre Dame.
But the first year after their Notre Dame series ends, they play Arizona State, so neither are they dropping playing a P5 school.
2011: AQ: @ND, Non-AQ: CMU, FAU, FCS: Youngstown
2012: AQ: ND, Non-AQ: @CMU, EMU, Boise St.
2013: AQ: @ND, USF, Non-AQ: WMU, FCS: Youngstown
2014: P5: @Oregon, Go5: EMU, Wyoming, FCS: Jax St.
2015: P5: Oregon, Go5: @WMU, CMU, Air Force
2016: P5: @ND, Go5: EMU. (1 TBA)
2017: P5: ND, Go5: WMU, MiamiU
2018: P5: @Arizona St., Go5: CMU. (1 TBA)
2019: Go5: WMU. (2 TBA)
So by appearance so far, its the FCS buy game that is the first to go, with 1 P5 OOC and likely (once the 3-1 contracts with the MI Directionals play out) two Go5 buy games from here on.