the path is simple....schedule a legit Top 10 P5 team in the non conference, beat them as well as go undefeated in your G6 conference. Easy. The issue is games are scheduled 5+ years in advance, so you never are sure who will be ranked what then...and also, there a high probability that UC will have a hard time getting a blue blood to add them to their schedule after a season like this year. UCF use to get big names on their schedule every year....Clemson, Va. Tech, Penn State, Alabama, Miami, Florida, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Arizona State, Ohio State, Texas and many others...but once they began to get ranked, most of those schools had no interest in playing them because there is nothing to gain for them, and everything to lose.