“We’ve scheduled tough,” Swinney said. “All you can do is play the schedule that you have. It is what it is. We basically have an SEC-Big Ten invitational; that’s basically what we’ve got in college football. So you’ve just got to focus on what you’ve got.”

Miami and Boise State round out the current top-12 teams across the sport, and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney had thoughts about the current standing of the playoffs. He made the case for the ACC, and Clemson in particular, to have more representation as a top program.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney doesn't hold back his thoughts on perceived College Football Playoff favoritism for SEC and Big Ten.