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  "checkedOn": "2026-10-15",
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      "Boise State",
      "Arizona State",
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      "Texas",
      "Penn State",
      "Notre Dame",
      "Ohio State",
      "Tennessee",
      "Indiana",
      "Boise State",
      "SMU",
      "Arizona State",
      "Clemson"
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    "sensitivity": "Retrospective NRR archive final order plus same five champions,18 places,WITHOUT pre-title berth protection. Research comparison only, not an adopted NRR playoff rule.",
    "sizeCheck": "Committee final order plus five fixed champions,16 places; membership-only check, not a complete bracket or protection policy",
    "limits": [
      "NRR archive is retrospective, not a published-as-of-2024 model or unused holdout",
      "No post-selection game result used to judge entrants; actual bowl destinations are identified afterward only for displacement",
      "No championship probabilities, revenue estimates or deservingness labels inferred",
      "2024 only;2025 archive integrity issue and berth interpretation excluded from extension"
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    "records": "https://collegefootballplayoff.com/news/2024/12/8/cfp-rankings-241208",
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      "Florida (road · Q4 tied · 6:00 -7 · 2:00 -11)",
      "Southern California (neutral · Q4 +4 · 6:00 +4 · 2:00 -3)"
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    "source": "https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/schedule/season/2024/"
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