P5 is never going to happen.
Just accept it and get into the best conference possible.
I used to watch a lot of MWC games and as a result got very familiar with the better players and I enjoyed keeping track of the games our conference foes were playing.
Independence is garbage because the schedule is so front-loaded. BYU will probably not ever do better than 2-2 in September and the second loss knocks us out of relevance the rest of the season.
I used to fly to 2-3 games a year and never miss a game, regardless of what was happening elsewhere.
Now I rarely watch the last 5-6 games of the season. Indy is a bore.