MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. -- LSU football coach Brian Kelly dropped a bombshell Wednesday on his way out of the Southeastern Conference Spring Meeting, saying SEC coaches support playing an annual game against the Big Ten.

Kelly also expressed his support once again for going from eight to nine SEC regular-season games.

Kelly said he "speaks for the room" of coaches in their meetings here that they want to annually take on the Big Ten.

"We want to play Big Ten schools," Kelly said. "You got to get a partner (in the Big Ten) who says 'We're in for that, too.' So we've made our voice clear. Our ADs know that as well that we would like that. Our commissioner obviously heard us as well. The rest will be up to what gets negotiated."

Kelly indicated it bothers him that Big Ten teams -- Michigan and Ohio State -- have won the CFP national championship the past two seasons.

"The Big Ten right now holds it on the SEC," Kelly said. "That's the reality of it. We want to get challenged. We'd like to be able to get that done. That is up to our commissioner and ADs to see if that can happen or not. But that's the wish of the (coaches) room.

"We want to show that we have the depth in this league from top to bottom, and that we are the premier league in the country. You can do it in the playoffs, too. Absolutely. But you can also show yourself during the regular season in this opportunity."

There would be scheduling hurdles to overcome. The conferences don't align exactly in that the SEC has 16 members and the Big Ten has 18. Kelly did not address how those issues would be resolved.

There is also the matter of not every school wanting to go to nine conference games. Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said his preference is to stay at eight SEC games, but if he had to choose he would opt for eight plus one game against the Big Ten.

LSU played two teams in the newly expanded Big Ten last year, losing 27-20 to Southern California in Las Vegas and beating UCLA 34-17 in Tiger Stadium.

Overall, LSU has played at least one game against 15 Big Ten teams, the exceptions being Michigan, Minnesota and Northwestern.