Greg Sankey may have turned some ACC heads Wednesday during SEC Media Days when he expressed how well Georgia handled being left out of the College Football Playoff last year.

“Think last year, (Georgia) was one of the four best teams, period,” Sankey said on 1010 XL Radio, per SI. “There’s people in your listening audience saying, ‘Oh, there he goes again.’

“We didn’t stomp our feet, we didn’t, like, fly banners over places. That was one of the four best teams.”

Florida State did quite the opposite.

On Dec. 3, FSU coach Mike Norvel said he was “disgusted” after the Seminoles became the first undefeated Power 5 conference champion to be left out of the College Football Playoff after the CFP committee chose one-loss Alabama to be the No. 4 seed over the ACC champs.

“I am disgusted and infuriated with the committee’s decision today to have what was earned on the field taken away because a small group of people decided they knew better than the results of the games,” Norvell said at the time.

There were days and weeks following where the frustration from the Florida State faithful fueled college football.

So, it is easy to make the jump that Sankey’s comment was a slight at the way FSU handled the news. And maybe it is.

However, on Thursday, during a guest appearance on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 out of Mobile, Sankey added context to the comment he made a day earlier.

“People act like I was confident I knew something,” Sankey explained leading up the release of CFP last season. “I don’t know until the selections are made.

“We had actually visited with both University of Alabama and University of Georgia about an approach. We really respected the tone they were prepared to share. …

“We had a statement that was clear that we had a different view, and we were going to move on.”

Sankey has been consistent on this matter, in fact. In January, in the aftermath of the Bulldogs being left out, he shared similar thoughts.

“The morning of selection we had prepared a statement that said we have a different view, but we’re not going to point fingers and cast blame,” he said. “We’re going to focus on how do we improve and prepare for the 12-team playoff? That’s it. … I think three or four times we’ve had the fifth-ranked team. Do I think every decision has been perfect? No, but that the authority we allocated.”

Not that is a surprise to anyone, but Sankey still believes Georgia was one of the top 4 teams in the country last year. The point is, however, he has moved on.

“They lost one game in two years,” he said Wednesday on 101XL. “Bad second half, second quarter, third quarter. And in the future, if they’re 9-3 compared to a 10-2 or 11-1 (team), the standard’s not 10-2 or 11-1. It’s the best teams.”

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.