Where is the mechanisms that rewards you for playing a good schedule in college football?

Wes Durham, ACC Network/ESPN, joins the Adam Gold Show to discuss ACC/college football rankings and remaining schedules as they head towards the playoffs. 

If Clemson had, instead of scheduling Georgia, but had Kansas to start the season and won that game; where would Clemson be in the rankings given the season? “No one needs to be ranked until week 11 in the college football”. What is the Big 12 running the risk of, that would cause a firestorm? How does Wes believe the college football playoffs will turn out and with which schools?