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Winners and losers in fifth College Football Playoff rankings include Utah and Alabama

USA TODAY

For all the debate and controversy that has been berthed from the advent of the College Football Playoff, the heavy focus has annually been on the fourth and final spot. Again in 2019, the debate rages on: No. 5 Utah, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 Baylor are set to go down to the wire in determining the final team in the field, unless one of No. 4 Georgia or No. 8 Wisconsin — if not both — throw the entire enterprise into chaos during this weekend's slate of conference championships.

The race for No.