Cause we had played against these teams when we were in the MWC...
USC
Az St
Stanford
Arizona
Washington St
Virginia
Oregon
Also played Syracuse, Boston College, Florida State, Cal...
Also consider the fact that if we run the table in the AAC, we have a far better chance at a New Years Day bowl game playing a P5 team as well.
We don't all of a sudden stop playing P5's cause we are in the AAC.
And guess what... the P5 games then will mean as much as they do now.