Ohio State's Ryan Day Makes Bold Claim About Future of College Football Playoff originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff last season, and head coach Ryan Day believes the Big Ten is deserving of more guaranteed spots in future editions.

Elite opinion inside the SEC appears to be moving away from granting the conference four auto bids in the future College Football Playoff, but it sounds like that’s an idea commissioner Greg Sankey never really liked anyway.

Headed into the start of SEC spring meetings, the Big Ten believed it had a partner in its push to transform the College Football Playoff into something more akin to the NFL. The Big Ten and SEC have grown significantly closer over the last year,