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How Much Room for Chaos Is Left in the College Football Playoff Rankings?

John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

Much like last week, the very top of the College Football Playoff rankings won’t change tonight. The teams ranked one through five won their games or were idle (Clemson), and didn’t perform in a way that would lead to falling in the committee’s eyes. But after that, we got a couple significant shakeups.

Previously-No. 6 Oregon lost on the road to Arizona State, while last week’s eighth-ranked team, Penn State, picked up its second loss of the season against Ohio State. After those results, it would be fair to expect the following top 10 this week:

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