Buoyed by its convincing win over Washington State in the Apple Cup, Washington reappeared in the top four this week of the College Football Playoff selection committee's rankings.

The Huskies, though, might not want to get too comfortable there. Not yet, anyway.

The Big Ten is still positioned to potentially get two teams into the playoff, which could be bad news for Washington.

Ohio State, coming off a 30-27, double-overtime win over Michigan, remained No. 2 this week. Clemson was No. 3 and can clinch a spot in the playoff with a win over Virginia Tech on Saturday in the ACC championship game. The Buckeyes will be watching from home this weekend, which could create a difficult decision for the committee.

No. 7 Penn State will face No. 6 Wisconsin in Saturday's Big Ten championship game, and things could get interesting if Penn State beats Wisconsin. Not only would the Nittany Lions add another top-10 win to their résumé, but they'd lock up the Big Ten championship and have a head-to-head win over Ohio State, a game that was played on Oct. 22 and not during the first few weeks of the season.

From the day the College Football Playoff became a reality, we've heard about the importance of conference championships, head-to-head results and schedule strength.

Granted, Ohio State would have one fewer loss than Penn State in the above scenario, but would the committee -- after applying the conference championship quotient -- be impressed enough, "unequivocally" so, with the Buckeyes that they would opt for Ohio State over Penn State, even though the Nittany Lions would own the conference championship and the head-to-head win over the Buckeyes?