Teams might as well go back to scheduling cupcake non conference games at this point. Because if you win your conference title, or have a strong enough conference with one loss on your resume, it makes no sense to schedule challenging non conference opponents. The Mountain West champion will always have the advantage when it comes to qualifying. And some of these teams that got in had easy schedules.
This is why the SEC and big 10 are lobbying to have 4 teams from each conference get automatic bids
And at some point, Notre Dame is going to have to join a conference. They have the luxury of playing one less game than conference champions every year.