Big Ten and SEC officials are set to meet in Nashville, Tennessee, next week to discuss a potential scheduling partnership and the future of the College Football Playoff, according to a report from ESPN’s Heather Dinich.

The current CFP format is set through 2025. When the next CFP contract begins in 2026, the process by which teams are selected could change. According to Dinich, the SEC and the Big Ten want a larger, guaranteed share of the pie.

The report states that both leagues would “prefer” to have 4 automatic bids each to the future 14-team CFP.

From Dinich’s report:

“I’m for anything that gives us the maximum number of postseason opportunities,” one SEC source said. “I don’t count bowl games as postseason opportunities.”

Some have also expressed interest in limiting the role of the 13-member selection committee — or eliminating it entirely.

“I think anything we can do to take the subjectivity of a committee off the table is really helpful,” the SEC source said. “We may not be able to completely get rid of subjectivity the more we can minimize it. And so Tony Petitti’s idea of multiple automatic spots for a conference has a lot of value. I’m not sure four is the right number.”

Dinich goes on to state that a format in which over half of the CFP spots are reserved for 2 leagues has already received “significant” pushback from others.

As things stand after Week 5, the SEC has 4 teams ranked in the AP Top 5. The Big Ten has 4 teams inside the top 10. Miami (No. 8) is the only team from outside the SEC or Big Ten that currently sits in the AP Top 12.