Why would the SEC want to help the Big 10? If recent history is a guide, the SEC would slways get 3 bids in a 14 team playoff if there were no auto bids. The Big 10 would not. Really do not understand why the SEC feels like they need this. At some point giving the Big 10 3 bids will likely keep an SEC team out. If the SEC thinks they are the dominant force in college football they wouldn't seek an auto-bids. Such a pussy move.
They would go from 12 teams to 14. But agree that if they just went with the top 14 teams the SEC would get 3 anyway. And the B1G would probably also get 3 most of the time, especially with the addition of Oregon and Washington.