Athletic directors from the Big Ten and SEC are set to meet in Nashville, Tennessee, next week to discuss a potential scheduling alliance and their preference for automatic bids in future College Football Playoff formats,

A complete look at the college football playoff picture following Week 5. Latest odds, projected seeds and matchups, bubble teams, and more.

In a report by ESPN’s Heather Dinich, it seems like the two conferences will make a run at each of them getting four automatic bids to the CFP when they restructure its new contract in 2026. She goes on to say that there will be in-person discussions between the two conferences in Nashville, Tennessee next week about the potential change.