Which is why what’s happening in college football is so disturbing. The Big Ten and the SEC are reportedly meeting this week to discuss the future of college football — or, rather, how they can (further) take control of college football and (further) stack the odds in their favor.

I’m prepared to vote for seeding change,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said. “But it has to be unanimous.” At least for next season, anyway. Sankey and Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, speaking after joint meetings in New Orleans with their conferences' 34 athletic directors,

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.”