Non-Conference Scheduling

[Ope3]

Moving on from the Cyclones...I'd like to see a Home and Home against Navy and/or Army.

I think the Gophers were locked in against Navy but it was sunk somehow due to the Middies joining a conference.

 

[Scottsdale Gopher]

They are the team that we've played the most outside of the B1G conference at 23 games. MN is 21-1-1 in those games and last playing in 2009.

Next:
Pittsburgh 12
Missouri 9

I'd like to see some sort of P4 non-conference rotating system where you play teams based on previous season finish.

B1G1 vs SEC1 and B12 1 vs ACC1
ACC2 vs B1G2 and SEC2 vs B12 2
SEC3 vs ACC3 and B1G3 vs B12 3
and so on...
BIG 17 and ACC 17 will play each other. B1G 18 will find any opponent.

Create auto qualifiers to 24 team playoff with some at-large.

That's true, but they've only played four times in the last 100 years and one of those was the 2009 bowl game. I'm sure the Gophers have played several non-conference opponents more than thrice in the last 100 years.

I love the idea of creating non-conference games based on the previous year's finish. It would create bowl-like matchups that I think all fans would like to see more frequently.

 

[tjgopher]

They are the team that we've played the most outside of the B1G conference at 23 games. MN is 21-1-1 in those games and last playing in 2009.

According to Gopher sports webpage, we've actually played Iowa State 26 times with a 22-3-1 record.

Next:
Pittsburgh 12
Missouri 9

I realize you meant P4 opponents here.

But for the heck of it I spent wasted time looking through the opponents. (Just for something interesting to see, not to suggest possible future opponents LOL)

By my count (may have missed something), here are the most played non-conference series (FBS bolded):
Iowa State 26 times
North Dakota 19 times (last played 51 years ago)
Chicago 18 times (last played 91 years ago)
Grinnell 16 times (last played 100 years ago)
Pittsburgh 12 times
South Dakota 11times
Ohio 10 times
Carleton 10 times (last played 121 years ago)
Missouri 9 times
North Dakota State 9 times