Big Ten and SEC are telling us what they're going to do with the College Football Playoff in move to straight seeding. It's time we start listening.

With obstacles still to clear, SEC football coaches are pushing for Big Ten schedule agreement that could boost College Football Playoff bids.

The post-settlement world could supercharge the recalibration of the competitive landscape and herald a golden age for Big Ten football. “And it’s not happenstance,” a conference source noted.

OMAHA, Neb. — Mark Wasikowski, the sixth-year baseball coach at Oregon, harbored concerns last year that entry into the Big Ten would negatively impact the Ducks. The travel was daunting. The ...