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AP Top 25 college football poll: 4 Big Ten teams in top 10 heading into Week 5

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We're now one-third of the way through the 2017 season and it's still not clear whether the Big Ten will have a team earn a College Football Playoff berth.

Because Alabama, Clemson and Oklahoma all boast marquee non-conference wins over top-10 foes, they figure to be locks if they win out and claim their respective league championships. In that scenario, the final spot would figure to come down to the Pac-12 champion and the Big Ten champion.

NCAA Football: Penn State at Iowa
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For now, USC and Penn State appear to the be favorites.