alabama crimson tide won the 2018 national championship game in college football for the season that took place in 2017.
alabama crimson tide won the 2018 national championship game in college football for the season that took place in 2017.
who won the 2018 national championship game in college football for the season that took place in 2017?
alabama crimson tide
alabama came into the season ranked no. 1 in both preseason polls and finished the 2017 regular season with a record of eleven wins and one loss (11–1 overall, 7–1 in the sec), the sole loss being to auburn in the iron bowl. the crimson tide were ranked number 4 the season prior to their national championship appearance against georgia. the crimson tide opened the season with eleven consecutive victories that included one over florida state at a neutral site, against vanderbilt, ole miss and tennessee in a game that saw many team records broken and a victory over lsu at bryant–denny stadium. in their twelfth game, alabama was upset by auburn, keeping them out of the sec championship game. during the final college football playoff (cfp) selection poll, alabama was included at number 4 and played number 1 clemson in a rubber match of the past two playoffs in the semi-final game played at the sugar bowl winning 24–6. alabama was matched in the 2018 college football playoff national championship game against number 3 georgia who beat oklahoma in the rose bowl, 54–48. alabama won in overtime, 26–23, to secure the cfp national championship. alabama was also selected as champions by the associated press (ap) for a record 11th time in program history and recognized by the national football foundation (nff) as the mcarthur bowl recipient, giving alabama their 17th claimed national title. the crimson tide finished the 2017 season with a record of 13–1.
2018 alabama crimson tide football team
on december 12, 2009, sophomore running back mark ingram was awarded the heisman trophy as college football's best player. in being so named, ingram became the first heisman trophy winner for the university of alabama. alabama defeated texas 37–21 in the bcs championship game on january 7, 2010, capping a perfect season, an sec championship, and winning its first national championship in the bcs era. alabama defeated louisiana state university 21–0 on january 9, 2012, to win its second bcs national championship. alabama won its third bcs national championship in january 2013 defeating notre dame 42–14, becoming the first school to win three bcs titles. on january 1, 2015 no. 1 alabama lost to no. 4 ohio st. in the second game of the first college football playoffs 42–35. on december 12, 2015, running back derrick henry was awarded the heisman trophy, becoming only the second winner for the university of alabama. on january 11, 2016, alabama defeated clemson to win the national championship, 45–40. in january 2017, alabama lost to clemson 35–31 in the national championship. they beat sec rival georgia 26–23 in overtime during the 2018 national championship in january 2018.
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