Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti wants the 18-team conference to find ways to ensure that there are big-time matchups with College Football Playoff implications occuring later in the season, namely in November.
"When you're as deep as we are, we've got to do things to make sure that we have the access to the postseason that we think we deserve and has to be earned on the field," he told ESPN's Adam Rittenberg on Wednesday. "I'm a big believer in that, and that helps your regular season. More teams playing more meaningful games later in the season, I think we still can do more there.