Headed into the start of SEC spring meetings, the Big Ten believed it had a partner in its push to transform the College Football Playoff into something more akin to the NFL. The Big Ten and SEC have grown significantly closer over the last year,

Meetings signaled a looming College Football Playoffocalypse. Things came to a head in Destin, Florida, when commissioner Greg Sankey issued a blistering response to other conferences critical of the SEC’s consolidation of power.

Here's everything to know about the College Football Playoff's automatic qualifiers, the process and how most of AQs receive byes.