These are not non-conference games in early September, these are games that have major conference standings implications!!

tOSU @ Oregon

Texas playing Georgia

Oklahoma playing Tennessee

Penn St @ USC

Oregon going to Michigan

Many more, too. We would have never seen this before from the B1G nor SEC if not being forced to because they are all in the same conference. This is going to give a lot of normally no-loss or 1-loss teams 2+ losses each year.

And it has humbled a lot of programs because of travel. Found this article and enjoyed hearing people acknowledge what a few were trying to tell the schools and conference leaderships.