Alabama, Clemson and Washington all took care of business this weekend, while Ohio State waited at home.In the end, the top four teams entering the conference championship games were given berths in the College Football Playoff.The No. 1 Crimson Tide will face the No. 4 Huskies in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and the No. 2 Tigers will play the No. 3 Buckeyes in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31, as announced Sunday by the CFP selection committee.The semifinal winners will meet for the national title on Jan. 9 in Tampa, Florida.Big Ten champion Penn State?missed the cut despite its 38-31 victory over Wisconsin on Saturday and a victory over Ohio State earlier in the season. The Nittany Lions, winners of nine straight games, wound up fifth in the rankings, while?Michigan was 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.Speaking on the ESPN selection show, Hocutt said the committee chose the Huskies for the No. 4 seed over the Nittany Lions because the selection committee believes theyre a better football team.Hocutt acknowledged there was some concern over the strength of Washingtons schedule, but he said the Huskies quality wins were enough to remove any doubt. He also said the mission of the committee was to identify the best teams, and that winning a conference title -- as Penn State did -- is just one of many things to consider.Had Washington had a stronger strength of schedule, I do not think that conversation would have been as difficult, said Hocutt, who is also the athletic director at Texas Tech.The Huskies only loss was to USC;?their nonconference 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.You can make arguments for and against so many teams, Penn State coach James Franklin said on ESPN, adding that his team was appreciative of the Rose Bowl bid it will receive.Washington pounded Colorado in the Pac-12 title game Friday night to wrap up its 12-1 season. On Sunday, coach Chris?Petersen responded to seeing people -- including Huskies fans -- holding up signs around the country saying, We want Bama.Sometimes you gotta be careful for what you wish for, Petersen said on ESPN. I didnt hold that sign up.Alabama (13-0) completed its rampage through the regular season by crushing Florida 54-16 in Saturdays SEC championship game -- a contest the Tide probably didnt even need to win to gain the top seed.Clemson (12-1) won the ACC championship by beating Virginia Tech 42-35 in a game that was a lot more exciting than Tigers fans probably had hoped. Quarterback?Deshaun Watson added to his Heisman Trophy résumé, and Clemson needed every one of the five touchdowns he accounted for to hold off the Hokies.Ohio State, which lost the Big Ten East tiebreaker to Penn State and was off this weekend, became the first team to reach the playoff in its three-year history without winning its conference.Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer watched the announcement from a maternity ward in Columbus, Ohio, as his oldest daughter gave birth to his first grandchild.Its been incredible, Meyer said. And everybody is good.Alabama is in the playoff for the third straight season, while Ohio State and Clemson are both making their second CFP appearances.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.Information from ESPN staff writer David Purdum and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Padres Jerseys 2019 . 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John Wall was left questioning his teammates effort Tuesday after the?Washington Wizards lost to the visiting Orlando Magic?despite his career-high 52 points.Our job is to wake up and just play hard. Before you made it to the NBA or got a college scholarship, you played hard every day to get to where you wanted to, Wall told reporters.To still be talking about playing hard, thats something that you should be able to do after just waking up. Everybody has a job and they have to go work hard. Our job is to come here and play hard and compete. Thats the easiest thing that you should do without any contracts or any money, just come in and play basketball. ... If I had the answer we wouldnt be in this situation. The 124-116 loss to Orlando dropped the Wizards to 7-13 this season with only a half game separating the team from the last-place Miami Heat in the Southeast Division.ddddddddddddComing into the game, the Magic were averaging 93.2 points and scored more than 100 points in just five of their first 21 games but shot 52 percent en route to a third straight victory.Walls 52 points in the loss were most in franchise history since Earl Monroe scored 56 in the Baltimore Bullets loss to the Lakers on Feb. 13, 1968, according to ESPN Stats & Information.Wall scored 33 of his 52 points in the second half, making 18 of 31 from the field and adding eight assists.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '