When an athletic director schedules an opponent for eight or ten years down the line, they never know what they're going to get on game day. Schedule a patsy today and they may be a CFP contender by the time the game is played. Who does Rutgers have on its schedule in the future?
Schedules. Made years in advance, never knowing what the future will bring.
Rutgers once scheduled a home and home series with the University of Tampa, only to have the school drop football. Personally, I think they was skeered ta play us!
The Big Ten does not want its teams playing FCS schools.