With the latest Covid-19 spike I predict a 4 - 7 game season starting no earlier than mid October with the Championship Games eliminated for regular play that weekend. Schools could even play the empty week before the bowl season. The bowls get to pick the teams they want in their game like the old days and the shortened season ends January 1st the way it use to end, and then move on to the draft and the next hopefully normal season.

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-A 10-game schedule, in a nine-plus-one model: The ACC (with Notre Dame), Big 12 and SEC play nine conference games and one game against another Power Five or AAC team. The four ACC vs. SEC rivalries continue, as do existing non-conference games, such as West Virginia vs. Florida State, Tennessee vs. Oklahoma and Auburn vs. North Carolina.

Notre Dame can also continue its series with Navy. It’s worth noting the AAC’s testing requirements are nearly identical to the Power Five’s. AAC players must be tested within 72 hours of a game. The similarity in protocol makes an AAC vs. Power Five game no different than a Power Five vs. Power Five in terms of on-field transmission risk.

-The AAC adopts an eight-plus-two-model. Aresco recently stated this as his preference. Notre Dame can choose AAC member Navy as its 10th game, while Navy can also play Army. BYU, whose schedule has been ravaged with canceled Big Ten and Pac-12 games, could be a frequent non-conference opponent for AAC teams.