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• MSU has a bye
• Iowa is playing an FCS team
• Penn State is favored by 35
• Michigan is favored by 35
• Wisconsin is favored by 21
• Northwestern is favored by 21
• Maryland is favored by 16
• Indiana is favored by 14.5
• Minnesota is favored by 14.5
• Ohio State is favored by 13
• Nebraska is favored by 11.5
• Illinois is disfavored by 10
• Purdue is disfavored by 7
• Rutgers is disfavored by 3

• One conference game in week 1
• Two conference games in week 2 (3 cumulatively)
• Two conference games in week 3 (5)
• Four conference games in week 4 (9)
• Four conference games in week 5 (13)*
• Six conference games in week 6 (19)
• Six conference games in week 7 (25) 
• Six conference games in week 8 (31) 
• Six conference games in week 9 (37) 
• Six conference games in week 10 (43) 
• Six conference games in week 11 (49)* 
• Seven conference games in week 12 (56) 
• Seven conference games in week 13 (63)

• After week 1:  Two teams would have played a conference game, 12 would have played none.  
• After week 2:  Five teams would have played a conference game, nine would have played none.  
• After week 3:  Nine teams would have played a conference game, five would have played none.  
• After week 4:  Four teams would have played two conference games, 10 would have played one.  
• After week 5:  12 teams would have played two conference games, two would have played one.  
• After week 6:  10 teams would have played three conference games, four would have played two.  
• After week 7:  Eight teams would have played four conference games, six would have played three.  
• After week 8:  Six teams would have played five conference games, eight would have played four.  
• After week 9:  Four teams would have played six conference games, 10 would have played five.  
• After week 10:  Two teams would have played seven conference games, 12 would have played six.  
• After week 11:  All 14 teams would have played seven conference games.  
• After week 12:  All 14 teams would have played eight conference games.  
• After week 13:  All 14 teams would have played nine conference games.   

Just my initial thought, and I haven't done the logistical work to see if it's airtight, but I think it puts undue pressure on OOC scheduling for a team to play two conference games in the first four weeks.

Traditional Notre Dame matchups aside, most FBS OOC scheduling happens in the first four weeks (although FCS teams in the South seem to be readily available in November), and therefore limits available opponents for the teams selected to play two September conference games. Unless we limit that second game to Notre Dame opponents, which is unfair, in my opinion.

And yes, the Mac typically doesn't make up their schedule until the body bag games have been finalized, then they build it around that. Their members need those games in order to survive, so they take priority over the conference slate.

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• Three conference game in week 1
• Three conference games in week 2 (6 cumulatively)
• Three conference games in week 3 (9)
• Three conference games in week 4 (12)
• Seven conference games in week 5 (19)
• Five conference games in week 6 (24)
• Five conference games in week 7 (29)
• Five conference games in week 8 (34)
• Five conference games in week 9 (39)
• Five conference games in week 10 (44)
• Five conference games in week 11 (49)
• Seven conference games in week 12 (56)
• Seven conference games in week 13 (63)