Will your opinion change if Auburn, a "decent" SEC team (your words) beats Clemson (the best ACC team)?
In a word, no.
First of all, I think Auburn has a chance to be better than decent this year. They had the players last year, but their QB situation was not good and it cost them games (possibly the Clemson game among them). They’ve got a guy who should be a really good QB for them. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if they beat Clemson this year. I don’t THINK they will. Gun to my head, I think Clemson pulls it out in DV, but these teams are very evenly matched this year. QB play will be HUGE in this game.
If Clemson wins this game, going back to 2010 (I’m randomly choosing this date, b/c looking at history, Auburn has clearly dominated… much like the SEC. The 2007 game was smack in the middle of the SEC dominate period. The start of the decade is where the SEC started to slide a bit vs other conferences). Looking from there, Clemson will have won 4 out of the last 5 games. If Clemson loses, still 3 out of 5.
Secondly, I don’t think it’s clear AT ALL that Clemson is the best team in the ACC. Clemson could be the 3rd best team in their own division behind UL and FSU. Clemson will not be favored to win the Atlantic for sure.