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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 5348503, member: 622"]
ND is not in a league for football, has a scheduling template, and can play anyone.  TerryD has discussed this plenty of times, research his posts.

ND likes several games with schools on the east coast, especially in the Catholic population centers, from which a major portion of their student body is recruited.  Likewise, a couple west coast schools annually, 1-2 in the southeast,  1-2 in the mid-west and Navy.  This template is not rock-solid, but is a general pattern seen over time.  This leaves 1-2 games for anyone ND wishes to play.

If ND joins a conference, they are committed to the general region of the conference with a few OOC choices.  The B1G offers little on the east coast, the SEC is more regionalized.  The ACC offers ND the best of both worlds, an average of five games annually, scheduling to include late October and November when it is harder to fill OOC games for any school, and covers the entire east coast.  Adding Stanford that much better for ND as one of their west coast teams will count as the five ACC games.

Your point is valid, but with the other info, it lends itself to have ND keep the ACC as a viable 3rd place significant conference.
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