Two top-10 matchups, anyone?
Ohio State travels to Happy Valley. Stanford plays at Notre Dame. In this particular instance, the away teams have a bit more leeway here. The College Football Playoff committee seems to take context into consideration (or at least claims to do so), so I think Ohio State can afford to lose a close loss at Penn State and still make a run at a natty, while Penn State likely wouldn’t have that benefit.
The other matchup is also interesting on that front, as Notre Dame doesn’t have the remaining schedule to build enough of a resume if it doesn’t win on Saturday.