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Message: [QUOTE="Rufus, post: 5288066, member: 7277"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/sec-football-wants-to-play-big-ten-opponents-for-college-football-playoff-bids/ar-AA1FFbFq?cvid=8fdf7e559e2040f9bba9b47c539b2a29&ocid=windirect[/URL] Kelly, coach of the LSU Tigers, told reporters at SEC spring meetings Wednesday that his peers are in favor of scheduling games against the Big Ten annually. “Our first goal would be wanting to play Big Ten teams,” Kelly said. “As coaches, I can speak for the room, we want to play Big Ten teams. … So we’ve made our voice clear. Our ADs know that we would like that. Our commissioner obviously heard us as well.” That’s already a newsworthy development, but here’s where it really gets interesting—the games could possibly be a play-in-style format that might decide up to eight bids for the College Football Playoff. In that scenario, using the 2024 standings, the play-in matchups might resemble this: [LIST] [*]Big Ten No. 1 seed Oregon Ducks vs. SEC No. 8 Ole Miss Rebels [*]Big Ten No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions vs. SEC No. 7 Texas A&M Aggies [*]Big Ten No. 3 Indiana Hoosiers vs. SEC No. 6 South Carolina Gamecocks [*]Big Ten No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. SEC No. 5 LSU Tigers [*]Big Ten No. 5 Iowa Hawkeyes vs. SEC No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide [*]Big Ten No. 6 Illinois Fighting Illini vs. SEC No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers [*]Big Ten No. 7 Michigan Wolverines vs. SEC No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs [*]Big Ten No. 8 Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. SEC No. 1 Texas Longhorns [/LIST] Where would those games be played? And when? Presumably at campus sites on the first weekend of December, traditionally when league championship games are contested. But all of that is just a discussion topic at this point, with no major decisions expected to be made on scheduling this week. (Everything is on hold pending two things: settlement of the [URL='https://www.si.com/fannation/name-image-likeness/nil-news/will-house-v-ncaa-settlement-actually-solve-the-real-problems-with-nil'][I]House v. NCAA[/I] lawsuit[/URL] that will shape the economics of the sport; and [URL='https://www.si.com/college-football/sec-and-big-tens-latest-college-football-playoff-proposal-destroys-drama']the structure of the CFP starting in 2026[/URL], which could be 14 or 16 teams, in various formats.) [/QUOTE]

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