Ryan Day said four Big Ten teams should be automatic qualifiers in any future models for the College Football Playoff.

The Ohio State coach led his Buckeyes to the CFP title last season as an at-large team in the 12-team field.

SEC spring meetings last week were dominated by CFP model talk in which support grew for a model that included automatic entries for the top five conference champions and 11 at-large spots for a 16-team playoff.

“We’re in the Big Ten, and we have 18 teams and some of the best programs in the country,” Day told ESPN. “I feel like we deserve at least four automatic qualifiers.”

The reason for the four AQs, Day said, is because the Big Ten expanded with two notable programs in Oregon and Washington, former Pac-12 teams.

“You would have had at least a team or two (in the CFP) from out there,” Day said. “So it only makes sense when you have 18 teams, especially the quality of teams that you would have (in) that many teams representing the Big Ten.”

The Ohio State coach also brought up another hot topic discussed by the SEC in Destin: The number of regular-season conference games.

“If you don’t have those automatic qualifiers, you’re less likely to play a game like we’re playing this year against Texas, because it just won’t make sense,” Day said. “If we do, then you’re more likely to do that, because we play nine conference games in the Big Ten. The SEC doesn’t. So it’s not equal.”