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After top four, CFP 'eye test' gets blurry

A wonderful kind of madness overtook college football last week.

Eleven ranked teams lost and seven new names popped up in the polls as the dust settled. Upsets and unpredictability are what make the game special.

So don't get too comfortable with the first weekly ranking issued Tuesday by the College Football Playoff selection committee, even if the names at the top of the list seem utterly familiar.

Defending champion Alabama started at No. 1, the Crimson Tide still seemingly a cut above everyone else this

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