In the ACC Clemson plays 0 good teams. The only team with even close to the talent of Clemson is FSU and they lost a lot of their talent due to graduation/transfers and now Willies schitty recruiting.
They have a cake walk to the playoffs each year. The only real risk of a loss is the OOC games.
No teams besides Clemson have over 50% bc ratio(FSU might, but its barely over 50% now).
The ACC had 1 ranked team last year besides Clemson.
The big 12 has 2 good teams in Texas and OU. Both recruit at a high level and have above 50% bc ratio. Big 12 had 3 teams finished ranked last year.
The Pac 12 has 3 teams recruiting at a high level(USC, Wash, and Oregon) and 2 teams that are recruiting at good levels(Stanford and UCLA, albeit UCLA is falling off). Plus Wash st. and Utah who do more with less. They had 5 teams finished ranked.
We all know the B1g and SEC are harder paths.
It is pretty obvious that Clemson has an easier path than any Pac or Big 12 team.