Ironically, there's an accidental foreshadowing that I think I'm reading into too much during Episode 3 with the introduction of the Devil's Pledge Board
"And finally, the ones society forgets the most! The Nerds!"
We literally forgot about them. We had the bullshit with the Preps from episode 2, then episodes 5-6 and again at 8-9. The Jocks were a menace the entire first season, parts of season 2 and mostly a closed deal by this new season where a sort of "truce" is called.
We haven't had anything with the Nerds as a faction thus far. Not in season 1, not in season 2...Only now is it suddenly a thing. Because they're so forgettable due to being stereotypical "Weak nerds".