Will anyone in the Media simply point out that the original ACC teams (not counting ND) have played 14 more game than the SEC as of today. (If my math is correct)
So just quit with the talk about ACC protecting their chances to be in the CFP.
Instead, a good story would be how the ACC had the best plan for a COVID season and thus avoided the consequences of how COVID impacted other conferences.
The SEC could be in the same position as the ACC if they had started their season just 1 week earlier (which is still 1 week later than the ACC).