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College Football Playoff: The committee's biggest debates about Alabama, Oregon and others

The College Football Playoff selection committee's top seven teams remained the same in its third ranking of the season, but there's always something to debate.

(Minnesota fans would like to know why Penn State is ranked ahead of the Golden Gophers in spite of a head-to-head victory and the same 9-1 record. Fair question.)

It's hardly the only discussion, though, still swirling around the 13 committee members as the season dwindles down to just three more weeks. There's still plenty of time for the playoff picture to change -- possibly even drastically -- between Saturday's Week 13 games and Selection Day on Dec.