You can actually get 2 games in after the new recruiting class is entered although you have to stay up late to pull it off well. For example, let's say the new recruiting class is coming on tonight at midnight EST. The game will simulate at 2:30AM. You can schedule the exhibition game anytime that day but you only have 2.5 hours if you want to move the freshman from the bottom on the rotation to get playing time (and adjust sub level if you want it different than 85%). You can also get another exhibition game in the following morning. The morning after that the regular season games start. So if the recruits were coming on tonight midnight (Friday turning into Saturday) then Saturday morning 2:30am can be an exhibition game, 2:30am Sunday morning is another exhibition game and then 2:30am Monday morning is the first half of the first regular season game.