... to its schedule in order to stage a championship game?

Five. (Six, if you count the championship game itself).

Looking at this coming 2010 season, here are the games that need to be added:

Iowa @ Illinois

Penn State @ Wisconsin

Minnesota @ Indiana

Ohio State @ Notre Dame

Notre Dame @ Northwestern

Yes. In case you missed it, that is Notre Dame appearing in those games.

The minimum number of games played within a conference in order for a team to be considered a part of the conference (and thus count toward reaching the desired 12 team Conference-Championship-Game minimum) is five.

Notre Dame already conducts annual series with Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue. Cycling through...

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