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The Big Ten and Pac-12 are moving to conference-only models for the 2020 season, and other conferences soon could follow, including the ACC.That has created an interesting question:What would a conference-only season mean for Notre Dame?Notre Dame showing up to their conference-only games this season. Sporting News (@sportingnews) MORE: The Irish, of course, are an independent that doubles as one of college football's biggest brands. In 2019, 247Sports.com ranked the in the FBS with a value that isclose to a billion dollars.Here is a closer look at where Kendall Graveman Jersey the Irish stand if 2020 does indeed have a season.Who is still on theIrish's schedule?The Irish still have six games scheduled with ACC opponents as part of their agreement with the conference, and that includes a blockbuster matchup with Clemson at Notre Dame Stadium on Nov. 7.Wake Forest, Duke, Pitt, Georgia Tech and Louisville also are on the schedule, andthat would fill out most of an eight-to-10 game season if the ACC allows for that.That ACC agreement works in favor of the conference, too. Outgoing ACC commi sioner John Swofford reportedly will work Santiago Casilla Jersey with the Irish on those scheduling matters. commi sioner John Swofford has said that if league adopts an all-conference football schedule for 2020, Notre Dame likely will be in mix. Irish already have six ACC opponents on docket. David Teel (@ByDavidTeel) That agreement, however, does not account for the other six games on the schedule.Who is off the Irish's schedule?The biggest lo s on the schedule for the Irish is the Oct. 3 matchup with Wisconsin, which was scheduled to be played at Lambeau Field. That was arguably the second-mostimportantgame on the schedule in terms of the College Football Playoff race.Also gone: Pac-12 rivalries with Stanford and USC. The Cardinal were supposed to come to Notre Dame on Oct. 10, and the Irish were scheduledto visit rival USC on Nov. 28. This will be the first Marcus Semien Jersey time Notre Dame hasn't played USC since World War II.Notre Dame also has an SEC opponent on the schedule in Arkansas; a Sept. 12 game that could get canceled when the SEC makes its decision on whether to go to a conference-only model.The remaining schedule features a matchup with Navy which was from Dublin, Ireland and that game remains in question.Notre Dame would have to find options for those six games. The Irish and Midshipmen have played every year since 1927.The only other gameon the schedule is a home game with Western Michigan the second Group of 5 team on the schedule.What alternatives do the Irish have?Notre Dame could leverage its independent status to get other games. Irish Breakdown points out that the Irish , and this could be the right time to cash that in. BYU lost five games from its schedulewith the Pac-12's and Big Ten's announcements.Other independent teams include Liberty, Army, UMa s, New Mexico State and UConn. That pool of opponents would not help the Irish's strength of schedule, but in the Oakland Athletics Jersey current landscape any games are po sible.There are other radical alternatives including but those would be extreme measures the Irish would be unlikely to takegiven their stance on remaining independent through the College Football Playoff era.The other factor to consider is the partnership with NBC. Notre Dame had seven games scheduled on the network. The matchups with Wisconsinand Stanford are gone, and Arkansas might be, depending on the SEC's decision. The games against Western Michigan, Duke, Clemson and Louisville are still there. That network is not going to want to lose that money if there is a college football season.The Irish, like the rest of the Power 5, remainin limbo because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If there Stephen Piscotty Jersey is a season,it's still safe to a sume that Notre Dame would be part of it.