It should be relatively easy work for the College Football Playoff selection committee this week.

No team ranked in the committee’s top 14 lost this weekend. No. 2 Indiana, No. 5 Texas Tech and No. 6 Ole Miss were all idle, while No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 10 Alabama played FCS opponents. Top-14 teams in action on Saturday outscored their opponents 438-147 on a weekend that featured blowout after blowout after blowout. Yawn.

The selection committee could, in theory, just copy and paste most of last week’s rankings into this week’s if it wants to. I fully expect the top four teams — Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M and Georgia — to remain the same. I even think spots 4-8 will remain the same, even after No. 7 Oregon picked up a big win over USC. It’s the Ducks’ best win of the season, but it’s

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