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.

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 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.