package suggest that ESPN may not view ACC football in the same light as Big Ten football? Outside the occasional Labor Day Weekend game, the Big Ten doesn't play football on Thursdays or Fridays. Even though the SEC will play on Thursdays and/or Fridays, it is somewhat rare for a marquee match-up to end up on either night. Generally those marquee match-ups are played on Saturdays on either CBS or one of the ESPN family networks. Most weekday SEC match-ups tend to involve maybe a blue blood or a pretty good program vs. a historic cellar dweller (i.e. Alabama vs. Kentucky, Auburn vs. Vandy, etc). Whereas ESPN doesn't seem to have a problem playing an ACC marquee match-up on Thursdays or Fridays.

I am not saying playing weekday games is necessarily bad for the conference because of the exposure gained. However, the landscape has started to shift where G5 conferences have to play weekday game to gain exposure because the P5s control Saturday. Also, given how the NFL has taken control of Thursdays and the other P5s are saving their marquee games for the weekends, then the ACC may be doing itself some disservice by allowing ESPN to schedule its marquee games for during the week. At least I could see how someone could think that the ACC is the weakest P5 conference since it is "forced" to play games during the week with the other G5 conferences. I don't agree with that logic, but it may be a case where perception becomes reality.