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SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said that the conference has no plan to "streamline the paths" of No. 1 Alabama and No. 6 Florida to the CFP, after the ACC this week "canceled games for its two best teams in order to make it easier for them to advance to the league title game, and by extension, earn playoff bids," according to Dennis Dodd of CBSSPORTS.com. The ACC on Tuesday "raised eyebrows around the sport" when the conference "eliminated Dec. 12 games for its CFP contenders," No. 3 Clemson and No. 2 Notre Dame. Sankey "was surprised to see the announcement." He said, "It begs one question: If their two most highly ranked teams were, for instance, (ranked) five and six in the CFP Rankings, would this decision have been made?" Dodd wrote there is "no doubt the ACC's decision removes resistance" for both ND and Clemson to meet in the ACC Championship Game and for the conference to "potentially get two teams in the CFP." Sankey said, "We committed to playing a 10-game schedule, which is certainly unique to see some other decisions this week, where they indicated one direction and they changed at the last minute." The Power Five leagues have "rarely been on the same page when it comes to scheduling during the pandemic" (CBSSPORTS.com, 12/2).
