Trying to predict how the College Football Playoff field will look on Dec. 7 feels a bit like Bill Murray waking up every morning to Sonny and Cher in "Groundhog Day."

Each week of games seems to change the picture. And yet it also seems the same. Teams that move into the field quickly move out. Others seemingly locked into place get close calls. It's just the way this thing goes. And there's still two more weeks before conference championship games.

The one constant that appears in place is the makeup of the field. There will be five conference champions with the American joining the Power Four (sorry, James Madison). That American rep now looks to be Tulane after last week's loss by South Florida.

It doesn't appear that the ACC or Big 12 are going to get an at-large team. Brigham Yo

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