CHARLOTTE — During Friday’s pre-game press conference for tonight’s ACC Championship Game, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was asked if he is ready for the College Football Playoff to move to a 14- or 16-team field in the future.

The premise of the question is based off the talk that a Clemson win could knock SMU outside the top 11 and not make it to the CFP, as well as the Big 12 Champions potentially stealing the ACC’s bid for a bye to the quarterfinals.

“It doesn’t matter what I’m ready for,” Swinney said. “It’s going to happen for sure. Then we’ll be arguing about the 20th team and the 21st team. It’s the same old deal.

“Hey, whatever. I don’t really worry about it. I just focus on my team and trying to get my guys ready to play and trying to build great men through the process. That’s really what we try to do, and we’ve been very consistent at that.”

The 17th-ranked Tigers and No. 8 SMU (11-1, 8-0 ACC) will play tonight at eight o’clock from Bank of America Stadium. Clemson is looking for its ninth ACC Championship since 2011 and 22 overall.

Clemson (9-3, 7-1 ACC) can clinch a spot in the CFP with a victory tonight, which would be the program’s seventh overall.