The Big Ten and SEC commissioners on Wednesday said they will push for something closer to “straight seeding” in the College Football Playoff next season.

The College Football Playoff jumped from four teams to 12 teams in 2024, and the product arguably suffered with blowout after blowout throughout the first round and most of the second round. But that's not going to stop further postseason expansion in college football,

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New Orleans – The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference commissioners said Wednesday they will push for something closer to “straight seeding” in the College Football Playoff next season to give less of a break to lesser-ranked conference champs and better reflect how teams are ranked by the playoff selection committee.

Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti said both conferences are in favor of going to “straight seeding,” so that “there’s no difference between rankings and seedings.”

Ohio State and Notre Dame each won three playoff games before the Buckeyes knocked off the Fighting Irish in the title game.

The Big Ten and SEC are among the latter. They rule college football these days because of the television contracts and revenue those two monster conferences bring in. And now, it appears as though the two are looking to steer expansion of the College Football Playoff from 12 teams to 14 or 16 according to a report from Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger.

A second meeting between Big Ten and SEC leaders didn't result in major news, but it signaled potentially significant changes coming down the line. Following the historic meeting

The change supported by the leagues would eliminate the reservation of top-four seeds and first-round byes for conference champions.