Following the historic meeting between the two conferences in Nashville back in October, Big Ten and SEC athletic directors and conference leadership met in New Orleans Wednesday to discuss a variety of topics, including changes to the College Football Playoff -- and, in the SEC's case, whether to expand its own conference schedule.

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

The Big Ten and SEC are in New Orleans this week to remake the one-year-old 12-team playoff. Gambling with the future and credibility of college football, in the name of