In their defense, their schedule this year really is brutal. Their 2 "easy" ones are over.
Playing 5 ACC teams plus service academys may be > playing all ACC teams.
But you know how they will do it, they will schedule one of the top tier ACC team (Clemson-Florida State-Virginia Tech-and that’s about it) they will only schedule one of these a year and then play the bottom ones over and over.
Perfect for them-They are in the conference but they are not.