[SkiBum80]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...st-power-4

A total of 10 P4 games will be required.

Because the conference has 17 teams, one team each year will be limited to 8 conference games plus 2 P4 games.

Stanford still needs a 10th P4 game for 2026.  Will it be Notre Dame?

Stanford could add a non-conference game against an ACC team that also needs a 10th P4 opponent. Virginia and NC State played each other in a non-conference game a few weeks ago.

And to make it more weird, I think I read elsewhere that if we added a non-conference game against an ACC team, to meet our 10 P4 games requirement, that ACC game won't count in the ACC standings. So an (admittedly fanciful) conjecture: add FlaSt or Clemson, beat them! but it doesn't count in ACC.

[SkiBum80]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...st-power-4

A total of 10 P4 games will be required.

Because the conference has 17 teams, one team each year will be limited to 8 conference games plus 2 P4 games.

Stanford still needs a 10th P4 game for 2026.  Will it be Notre Dame?

Stanford could add a non-conference game against an ACC team that also needs a 10th P4 opponent. Virginia and NC State played each other in a non-conference game a few weeks ago.

And to make it more weird, I think I read elsewhere that if we added a non-conference game against an ACC team, to meet our 10 P4 games requirement, that ACC game won't count in the ACC standings. So an (admittedly fanciful) conjecture: add FlaSt or Clemson, beat them! but it doesn't count in ACC.