Notable by its omission: The Big Ten’s plan that would earmark 13 of 16 spots as automatic bids preassigned to conferences. “We're going to have 5+7, 5+9, (or) 5+11,” Sankey said.

“We had a different view coming out of Destin around the notion of allocations,” Sankey said. “The Big Ten has a different view. That’s fine. We have a 12-team playoff, five conference ...