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I hate these additions for a lot of reasons, but biggest was I loved getting rid of divisions and playing traditional foes more.

Have been thinking a bit on now scheduling would look now.  I don't like it but I think something like this makes the most sense.

You need some form of divisions now in my view as you can't miss 8 teams a year and come up with good CCG opponents.  The format that probably works best is something like this.

Two teams always in opposite divisions, but play annually (like Indiana-Pudue now).  Then you have 4 pods of 4 which rotate to form divisions with those two.  You get one game vs a team in the other division a year.

Example.

Locked 2: Indiana-Pudrue
Pod A: USC,UCLA, Oregon, Washington
Pod B: Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
Pod C: Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Illnois
Pod D: Penn State, Maryland, Rutgers, Noethwestern

The only game that would have to be locked here beyond Indiana-Purdue is Northwestern-Illinois.  Could also play around a lot with specific pods, but as a format I could see them using something similar.

I would favor a 3 + 4/4 + 2/2/2 format.

3 permanent rivals you play every year.  Play 6 times in 6 years.

8 half-rivals you play 50% of the time.  Play 3 times in 6 years.

6 teams you play once every 3 years.  Play 2 times in 6 years.

For the Big Ten,  the 4 West Coast teams would all be permanent rivals.  The 14 eastern teams all would get at least 1 west coast team and at most 2 west coast teams as Half rivals.

I would favor a 3 + 4/4 + 2/2/2 format.

A what now?  

Or you could go with 10 conference games and a 3 + 7/7 format

3 permanent rivals you play every year.

14 schools you play once every 2 years.

Or you could keep 9 conference games and go with a 1 + 8/8 format

1 permanent rival you play every year

16 teams you play once every 2 years.

If you want to play a 2nd team every year, you can always schedule them as a non-conference game once every 2 years.

2) 9-team divisions

1 game a season vs a team from the other division - if you want that locked, fine

2nd team from the other division

The only way 9-team divisions make sense is if you redo them every year.