The SEC is in position to get four or five teams into the 2026-27 College Football Playoff, while the Big Ten might be fighting to get a third after Indiana and UCLA.
The Big Ten isn't happy about it.
Illinois head coach Bret Bielema is accusing the College Football Playoff selection committee of having an SEC bias. Illinois topped Nebraska at home on Friday evening to improve to 6-3 on the year.
"As we're building things here at Illinois, now we're three seasons in a row that we'll have postseason play, which is absolutely awesome and really hard. For anybody to be in this job where we're at right now, 6-3, and we just beat another 5-3 team. If we were in the SEC, we're probably a Top 15 team. We've just got to continue to stay on track where we're at and do a really good job of holding the moment and putting ourselves in a position to be successful," Bielema said Friday night.
Bielema is not alone.
Indiana coach Curt Cignetti and Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz also believe that the College Football Playoff has an SEC bias.
Big Ten coaches accuse College Football Playoff of bias
Cignetti said this week that the College Football Playoff has an SEC bias, thanks in part to ESPN.
"These peop...