In the last month since the confetti fell on Ohio State's national championship, the college football world has collectively turned its attention to the season ahead. The transfer portal activity has calmed,

Last spring, during intense and, at times, heated negotiations over the future of the College Football Playoff, leaders of the Big Ten and SEC threatened to create their own postseason system if they were not granted a majority of CFP revenue and full authority over the playoff format.

Members of the SEC and Big Ten look to exert their new power to expand college football's playoff system and get auto bids for themselves in the process.