In one 14-team College Football Playoff proposal, the winners of the SEC and Big Ten would hold an important stature compared to the remaining 12 teams.
According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, the winners of the SEC Championship and Big Ten Championship games would hold "exclusive rights" on the two first-round byes in one version of the format that circulated to several college athletic administrators.
Per Dellenger, the concept unsurprisingly received "pushback" from administrators outside of the two conferences.
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