Rivalries are like a big Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings — oh so appetizing but with the potential to leave you feeling sick and sleepy. Throw a heaping helping of playoff implications on top of those rivalries, and it's like smothering the whole thing in gravy. Welcome to rivalry week in the College Football Playoff era, a three-day football feast. Selection committee chairman Jeff Long stresses that the 12-member panel begins the task of ranking teams each week with a clean slate, so conceivably there could be some drastic changes at the top of the top 25 even if the favorites win out this weekend. The reality is Alabama, Oregon and Florida State looked locked into the top three as long as they don't lose again.Read more on NewsOK.com