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Five questions the third College Football Playoff rankings will answer

USA TODAY

There will be no drama at the top of this week's College Football Playoff rankings. The top four shouldn't budge: LSU will remain No. 1 despite Saturday's distressing defensive performance against Ole Miss, followed by Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia.

That both LSU and Georgia will remain inside the top four does little to settle the eventual makeup of the national semifinals, since the Tigers and Bulldogs will face off in early December to decide the SEC championship. A loss by Georgia would eliminate the Bulldogs. An LSU loss would make things complicated, locking Georgia into the top three while entering the Tigers into the scramble for No.