to make up for with the OOC, you want the OOC to be the way it was when we were in independence?


Here's how the typical OOC is going to work:

1 P4 school (SMU)
1 G5 school (Wyoming)
1 total cup cake (Southern Illinois)

For 2025:
P4: TBD
G5: East Carolina
CC: Southern Utah

2026:
P4: None
G5: CSU
G5: USF
CC: Utah Tech

2027:
P4: SMU
G5: TBD
CC: Weber St

2028:
P4: Ole Miss
G5: TBD
CC: TBD

2029:
P4: Ole Miss
G5: CSU
CC: TBD

2030:
P4: VT
G5: TBD
CC: Weber State


Sure, we fans weren't expecting SMU to fill the "P4" slot, but they did. We've got a P4 scheduled just about every year thru 2035. Until another big round of realignment shakes things up again, what you see is what you're going to get.


Look, as an East Coaster I am greatly going to miss the days of the team playing a national schedule, but those days hopefully aren't coming back no matter how good they were for my road trips.