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College football's post-Week 5 SP+ rankings

It seems like it's a pretty good year to have a bigger College Football Playoff, as SP+ sure can't decide who the best team is. For the third straight week, the No. 1 spot in the SP+ rankings changed: Ohio State retakes the lead after previously top-ranked Texas struggled more than expected against Mississippi State. And with Georgia slipping once again after Saturday night's devastating loss to Alabama, Tennessee eases into the top five as well.

Below are this week's SP+ rankings. What is SP+? In a single sentence, it's a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency.