I believe since they joined the ACC in most sports, NDU plays five ACC schools annually. To join would mean ending the two longest running intersectional rivalries USC and Navy. That is never going to happen, at least from thecNDU side. With the expansion of the ACC, NDU could play in NYC, Boston, Pittsburgh, Miami, but they would ave to surrender their Big Ten connections and their Stanford rivalry. This cuts out a great many alums, real and subway. So I do not see them fully joining the ACC.
That’s the point I’m making. Everyone is attacking the 4 game championship, claiming it is not based on realities, and want to go to an 8 game championship.
I say the biggest problem there is then WHO goes, and with the conferences all messed up over the years, they need to be fixed first.
Or, if alumni don’t want to go there, stop bittching about the committee and the top 4, and forget about an 8 game championship.