When it comes to beefing up its non-conference schedule, few programs nationally are as brazen as the Alabama Crimson Tide.

The defending SEC champions have contracts in place for future games with Texas, Notre Dame and Oklahoma along with others, matchups that will strengthen one of college football’s most recognizable brands against elite Power 5 competition.

Even amid chatter about the SEC possibly moving to a nine-game conference schedule, Alabama hasn’t stopped looking for ways to enhance the fan experience and improve schedule toughness outside of league play.

“I think we need to schedule games that are good for college football,” Alabama AD Greg Byrne told BamaOnline during SEC spring meetings this year. “And I agree with coach (Nick) Saban 100 percent that nine games, 10 games, whatever it may be, that’s good for college football and it’s good for the SEC. Now, what we don’t want to do is go schedule and be on an island by ourselves and disadvantage our program. That doesn’t make any sense.

“And so, it has to be something that’s a collective effort together on what we do. But I do think part of the solution to help attendance is to make sure we’re scheduling good games. And Coach has been very supportive of the move we’ve made to home-and-homes. We’re still going to try to find some ways to do some neutrals in there, too.”

We’ve picked out 10 teams Alabama has never played that could be make for interesting conversations in the future: