Following a classic College Football Playoff national championship game that saw Clemson edge Alabama 35-31, the Tigers topped the season-ending Associated Press Top 25 Poll. As seen in the final rankings of the campaign courtesy of the AP, Clemson beat out Alabama for the top spot after one of the most tightly contested title games in history: Clemson fell just short in the same situation last year, but superstar quarterback Deshaun Watson rose to the occasion against ...

Some of college football's biggest stars came out to shine on Monday, but several unexpected faces emerged during the Clemson Tigers' stunning 35-31 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2017 CFP National Championship. Deshaun Watson cemented his legend in college football folklore, and Alabama's defensive stalwarts were excellent for most of the night. Yet, new players broke out to give the Tigers the win, and the Crimson Tide had guys step up in a ...

The college football season is officially over after the Clemson Tigers shocked the Alabama Crimson Tide in the CFP National Championship on Monday night from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.  That doesn't mean programs across the nation will be given much of a rest. With national signing day quickly approaching on Feb. 1, some last-minute recruiting will give schools one more opportunity to tip the scales in their favor when it comes to their targets.  A majority of the class ...

The 2016-17 college football season was a tremendous, non-stop run of incredible action. But now that it's over, can we go ahead and start the 2017 season already? If only. Sadly, it will be almost seven months until we have meaningful games again—unless you put a lot of stock in spring football, and if so, good on you. But if not, it's going to be a while before this wonderful sports has anything awesome to discuss. That is, ...

TAMPA, Fla. — An hour after it all went down, after the thrilling, game-winning drive and the magical moment eight years in the making, Dabo Swinney was sitting in quiet reflection while waiting for a live television spot. He sat in a small chair with his orange sweatshirt soaked from a congratulatory water dunking and his orange hat with the white Clemson "C" pulled down low near his eyes. There were grass stains on the knees of ...

For the second straight year, we're coming off an Alabama-Clemson championship game. For the second straight year, we're trying to recover from an instant classic. The only thing that's changed is the champion. Deshaun Watson's historic night ended with a game-winning touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow with one second remaining, giving the Tigers a 35-31 win over Alabama. Watson finished with 420 passing yards and four total touchdowns. He has more than 900 total yards and eight ...

Hyperbole runs rampant in sports, but there's a realistic argument that only one quarterback could overcome the 2016 season's edition of the Alabama Crimson Tide defense. Monday night, in a thrilling fourth-quarter rally, he did. Deshaun Watson guided the Clemson Tigers to a 35-31 victory over the reigning champions, throwing a go-ahead touchdown to Hunter Renfrow with a single second remaining in the game. For the second straight year, Watson shredded the Alabama defense. He finished the national ...

Alabama could not complete college football's first 15-0 season as they fell to Clemson 35-31 in Tampa, Florida, on Monday night. The Crimson Tide allowed a touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson to Hunter Renfrow with one second to go in the game and could not secure back-to-back national titles. It was the first CFP National Championship game loss in head coach Nick Saban's career, and it was the first time in 10 seasons that one of his Alabama ...

TAMPA, Fla. — It will never be the same, you know. It can't be after that. Not after they conquered the unconquerable. Not after writing a defining final chapter in a dazzling two-year epic. Not after transforming into a football goliath, right there and then, in the closing moments of one of the greatest games the sport has seen. The confetti drenched the Clemson Tigers for the second consecutive year, this time for all the right reasons. ...

Dabo Swinney and Deshaun Watson are national champions. If their postgame comments are any indication, they're not going to let anyone forget it. Swinney was the more boisterous of the two, with the Clemson coach calling out members of the press who didn't believe his Tigers could match up physically with Alabama. "The last question before the game was, 'How are you gonna block these guys?' Like we're chopped liver," Swinney told reporters after Clemson's 35-31 win over ...