The Independents Schedules

Independents are a thing of the past, only Notre Dame, Navy and Army are left. Temple is a probationary member of the Mid-American Conference this year, and will be a full fledged member in 2007. Besides Notre Dame, what other school could survive as an independent and still be a national title contender? Until the BCS mandates conference membership as a requirement to play in the national championship, Notre Dame has no reason to join a conference. Army left Conference USA last year in order to have more freedom in scheduling. Navy has never been a member of a conference, but has had great success the last 3 years under head coach Paul Johnson. Will Navy make it to their 4th straight bowl game? Will Notre Dame run the table? This is just a knee-jerk prediction on how the Indys will finish? As stated before, these predictions will change after Spring and again before Fall. (red= predicted loss)

Army 4-8
Sept. 2 at Arkansas State
Sept. 9 KENT STATE
Sept. 16 vs. Texas A&M @San Antonio, TX
Sept. 23 at Baylor
Sept. 30 RICE
Oct. 7 VMI
Oct. 14 at Connecticut
Oct. 21 TCU
Oct. 28 at Tulane
Nov. 4 AIR FORCE
Nov. 18 at Notre Dame
Dec. 2 vs. Navy @Philadelphia, PA

Navy 8-4
Sept. 2 EAST CAROLINA
Sept. 9 MASSACHUSETTS
Sept. 16 at Stanford
Sept. 23 TULSA
Sept. 30 at Connecticut
Oct. 7 at Air Force
Oct. 14 RUTGERS
Oct. 28 Notre Dame @Baltimore, MD
Nov. 4 at Duke
Nov. 11 at Eastern Michigan
Nov. 18 TEMPLE
Dec. 2 vs. Army @Philadelphia, PA

Notre Dame 10-2
Sept. 2 at Georgia Tech
Sept. 9 PENN STATE
Sept. 16 MICHIGAN
Sept. 23 at Michigan State
Sept. 30 PURDUE
Oct. 7 STANFORD
Oct. 21 UCLA
Oct. 28 at Navy (Baltimore, Md.)
Nov. 4 NORTH CAROLINA
Nov. 11 at Air Force
Nov. 18 ARMY
Nov. 25 at USC