Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Washington have been selected as the four schools in the 2016 College Football Playoff.

Alabama will face No. 4 seed Washington in the Peach Bowl while Clemson will meet No. 3 seeded Ohio State.

The semifinal winners will meet for the national title on Jan. 9 in Tampa, Florida.

Penn State wound up fifth in the rankings ahead of Michigan at No. 6.

CFP committee chairman Kirby Hocutt said "it was a challenging conversation" that led Washington to get the final spot in the semifinals over Penn State.

The Huskies' only loss was to USC; their non-conference schedule featured Rutgers, Idaho and FCS squad Portland State. Penn State played Pitt, Temple and Kent State, and they lost to the Panthers. The Nittany Lions also were beaten by 39 at Michigan in their last loss.

At the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, Alabama opened as a 14-point favorite over Washington. Ohio State opened as a 3-point favorite over Clemson.