Four years of Alabama-Clemson dominance have made the college football season seem like a foregone conclusion. The Crimson Tide and Tigers have split the last four national championships and four College Football Playoff meetings. They start this season ranked 1-2 again. The plot twist is Clemson is top-ranked for the first time and Alabama is No. 2 — which as far as plot twists go is really boring. Adding to the been-there-done-that feel at the top of college football is the recent sustained excellence of No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 5 Ohio State. The Buckeyes have won three Big Ten titles in the last five years and one of the seasons they didn’t win the conference they made the CFP anyway. Oklahoma has won the Big 12 four straight seasons, making the playoff three times. Those four teams have taken up 14 of the 20 playoff spots in the system’s…
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