Which, unless the ACC shits the bed, is probable as some of the committee members from those conferences will no doubt hear the chatter that ND should get in a conference and they will likely get some sympathy from their SEC/BIG cohorts.
Assuming that, there is really only one spot in play for ND (3 SEC, 3 Big, 2 ACC, 2 Big 12, 1 Group of 5).
We better hope that at least 2 teams on our schedule get in the mix or we are dead and NIU is that self-inflicted wound.
It is still pretty early.