Look how the power conferences in BB (Football Power 5 plus BE) did in terms of getting teams into the NCAA this year:
ACC: 9 of 15 member schools (60.0%)
Big 12: 6 of 10 (60.0%)
Big East: 7 of 10 (70.0%)
Big Ten: 7 of 14 (50.0%)
Pac-12: 4 of 12 (33.3%)
SEC: 5 of 14 (35.7%)
The only other conferences to get more than one team in were:
American: 2 of 11 member schools (18.2%)
Atlantic 10: 3 of 14 (21.4%)
West Coast: 2 of 10 (20.0%)
Muller wants home and home games with one of the first six conferences I mentioned. He may need to start by being willing to play away games with one or more of those schools. I would think there would be a greater chance of that happening and perhaps a better upside for Illinois State (or any other MVC team). As an NCAA selection committee member said yesterday, they look at who you play, where you play them, and the result. So a road victory against a team from one of those six conferences would mean more than a home victory. It's a start.