These games should be played every year due tradition or state rivals as the 10th game:

 

Iowa St. vs. Iowa

Nebraska vs. OU

Florida St. vs. Florida

Georgia Tech vs. Georgia

Clemson vs S. Carolina

L’ville vs Kentucky

Kansas vs. Missouri

Pitt vs. Penn St.

ND vs. USC

ND vs. Michigan St

ND vs. Michigan

ND vs. Indiana

ND vs. Purdue

 

This leaves ten Big teams and 10 SEC to match up.  They should be mixed up from year to year for variety for the 10th game.

Ohio St.

Minnesota

Illinois

N’westen

Wisconsin

Maryland

Rutgers

UCLA

Oregon

Washington

 

Texas

aggy

Tennessee

Vandy

Alabama

Auburn

Ole Miss

Miss. St.

LSU

Arkansas

Also solves the ND independence issue giving them 5 games with 7 more which would be made up of Navy and whatever ACC and Big 12 teams or Northern Illinois (I kid… I kid).

Also, Ohio State, Texas, aggy, LSU could play an alternating schedule with ND provided your left with the same even number of Big10 and SEC teams.  The idea is to have every Big10 and SEC team play a 9 conference games and a 10th game that’s a power 4 game. 

Edited May 29, 20251 yr by SpaceCityWrangler

I nominate you for new college football commissioner.  I like it.