re: Possible A&M Schedule for Next Year

If you treated cross division games like OOC games for one year then I think they could be eligible for the title, that way some teams could play more conf games than others and have it not count against conference/division standings.

As long as all the west teams play each other and same for east then you would have the flexibility to schedule cross division as needed to fill schedules.

West would play 6 games that count towards going toward the title game, and the east would play five. 5 teams would play 8 conf games, while 8 teams would play 9 conf games (the 8 teams that added A&M to the schedule). A&M would play two teams from the east, those two teams plus the nonA&M west teams would be the 8 with 9 conf games, even though only your division games count towards standings.

Whether the scheduling could be pulled off I have no idea though.