For the Big Ten, Big XII and Pac-12 it's easy -- just play their conference games.
For the ACC and SEC - as well as all FBS independents - it's a little/lot more complicated. Who would they actually play in those 9 games?
Again, I assume the ACC and SEC would both play their 8 conference games. That leaves one OOC game for each of those 28 teams. There's also Notre Dame, BYU, Connecticut and others to think of. Here's what I came up with for the 9th game for each ACC and SEC team:
ACC Team vs Opponent
Boston College vs Notre Dame*
Clemson vs S Carolina
Duke vs Notre Dame
Florida State vs Florida
Georgia Tech vs Georgia
Louisville vs Kentucky
Miami vs Notre Dame*
N. Carolina vs Auburn
NC State vs Miss. State
Pitt vs Notre Dame
Syracuse vs U Conn*
Virginia vs U Conn
Virginia Tech vs Notre Dame*
Wake Forest vs Notre Dame
* indicates a substitute game
SEC Team vs Opponent
Florida vs Florida State
Georgia vs Georgia Tech
Kentucky vs Louisville
Missouri vs BYU
S Carolina vs Clemson
Tennessee vs BYU*
Vanderbilt vs U Conn*
Alabama vs BYU*
Auburn vs UNC
LSU vs BYU*
Miss. State vs NC State
Ole Miss vs U Conn
Texas A&M vs BYU*
* indicates a substitute game
I preserved as many OOC games as I could for Notre Dame, then gave priority to BYU and UConn when back-filling. Between those 3, any G5 teams looking for a 9th OOC game, and each other, I figure the other independents could come up with a 9-game schedule -- but I leave that as an exercise for you guys!
For my complete reasoning on why I picked these teams, check this out:
https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2020/...on-is.html
What do you think? If 12+a CCGs+CFP won't work, could we at least get in 9 and just use the polls this one time?