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The College Football Playoff race is taking shape as the season passes its midway point.
Teams are generally separated into three tiers: those in the driver's seat, a second tier of contenders, and those needing help.
The SEC has multiple front-runners, including Texas A&M, Alabama, and Georgia.
The race for the College Football Playoff is rounding into form as the regular season passes the midway point and heads toward the debut rankings in early November.
That’s not to say that things are clear. Actually, the situation in the Power Four has only started to coalesce around teams separated into three categories:
One, teams that are currently in the driver’s seat. That includes most Power Four teams with one loss.
Two, the second tier of teams just behind the

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