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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4170912, member: 5685"]
The only way to force ND's hand is for the ACC to end the 5 game agreement and for the P5 schools to all go 9+1, and even then it might not be enough. You might need to have scheduling agreements on top of that (agree to 2 games vs each conference). If the pool of P5 OOC games is limited to where ND cannot get 10 games scheduled, they will have a harder time making it as an at large. Then they would be open to joining a conference.

Saying that you need to be in a conference to get an at large bid is silly.

If ACC had the 4 SEC games plus an additional 2 SEC games, 2 B1G games, 2 B12 games, and 2 P12 games, then there would only be 2 open slots left.

If the B12 had the 1 B1G game, 1 P12 game, 1 SEC game plus an additional 2 B1G games, additional 2 P12 games, additional 2 SEC games, and 2 ACC game, then there would be only 1 slot open.

If the B1G had the 1 B12 game plus an additional 2 B12 games, 2 ACC games, 2 P12 games, and 2 SEC games, then there would be 5 slots left.

If the P12 had the 2 ND games, 1 B12 game plus 2 additional B12 games, 2 ACC games, 2 B1G games, and 2 SEC games, then there would be only 1 open slot left.

If the SEC had the 4 ACC games, 1 B12 game plus and additional 2 ACC games, an additional 2 B12 games, 2 B1G games, and 2 P12 games, then there would be only 3 open slots left.

So there would only be 12 teams looking for a 10th game. For ND to get to 10 P5 games they would need to convince 8 of those 12 to play them, or convince a team to take on an 11th P5 game. ND could still make this work but it wouldn't be easy. Is that enough to convince them to join? I think it would be given that their other sports are looking at the Big East.
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