Baylor, Arkansas and Oregon as P5 games now that Stanford has bailed.
Boise state and S. Florida are nice games, but fair or not don't carry the same weight as P5 games. (isn't this one of the driving factors in moving from independent to B12?)
Hard to justify a NY bowl to a team with so few P5 games.
The only way is to go undefeated. Possible but not likely. Playing more P5 games gives you more opportunities for P5 wins. More p5 wins = better chance for NY bowl.
THATS WHY YOU NEED/WANT ND.
Unless you don't care about bowl games or the playoffs.