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Dinich: These one-loss teams are still in CFP hunt

Heather Dinich reveals the top four teams in her College Football Playoff rankings.

One and done?

Not in the College Football Playoff.

One loss isn't only acceptable, it should be expected. Three of the four teams in last season's top four had a loss, and the national champs -- Ohio State -- had one of the worst losses in the country, at home in Week 2 to Virginia Tech.

There will be more of the same in Year 2, as the selection committee's first ranking of the season had a one-loss Alabama team at No.