clemson /td> td> 1 won the national title in college football last year.
clemson /td> td> 1 won the national title in college football last year.
who won the national title in college football last year?
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starting in his ninth season, saban and alabama began the year ranked no.3 in the preseason ap and coaches poll marking the eighth straight year the tide began the season in the topfive. it is their lowest preseason ranking since 2009. in the season opener against #20 wisconsin, alabama won, 35–17, in arlington, texas. in the home opener, the tide defeated middle tennessee, 37–10. in the conference opener, alabama lost a back and forth struggle to #15 ole miss, 43–37. the following week alabama bounced back with a 34–0 win over louisiana monroe. the tide picked up a conference win dominating #8 georgia, 38–10. alabama then defeated arkansas 27–14 for its ninth consecutive win in the series. the following week behind a strong defensive performance, the tide beat #9 texas a&m 41–23. in the annual third saturday in october meeting, the tide narrowly defeated tennessee 19–14 to win its ninth consecutive in the rivalry. after the bye week, alabama hosted #2 lsu in a matchup of top five teams winning 30–16. it was saban's fifth consecutive win the series. the tide then beat #20 mississippi state, 31–6, for the eighth straight year. alabama then defeated fcs opponent charleston southern, 56–6, to secure saban's 8thconsecutive 10win season. in the iron bowl, alabama defeated in-state rival auburn, 29–13, to secure a fourth straight west division championship and sixth for saban at alabama. the tide also finished the regular season 11–1 for the fifth straight season. in the sec championship, saban secured his sixth conference title when the tide defeated #18 florida 29–15. it's alabama's 25th conference championship, 2nd consecutive title and third in four years. alabama for the second straight year was selected to the college football playoff and represented as the #2 seed. on december 12, running back derrick henry became saban's second player to win the heisman trophy. saban joined bob stoops as the only active coaches to have multiple heisman winners. in the college football playoff semifinal at the cotton bowl, alabama shutout the #3 seed michigan state, 38–0. the win was alabama's first in the college football playoff and marked alabama's first appearance in a national championship game since the 2012 season. alabama went on to defeat unbeaten #1 clemson, 45–40, to win the college football playoff national championship. the victory marked alabama's 16th national title and fourth in seven seasons. it was saban's fifth national title and fourth at alabama. the tide finished the season at 14–1.
nick saban