Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame top latest College Football Playoff ranking
If the season ended today, No. 1 Clemson would face No. 4 Notre Dame in one semifinal, while No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State would square off in the other. Ref. USAToday
Top-ranked Clemson routed No. 4 Oklahoma in Thursday's first college football national semifinal, 37-17, and will play the winner of the game between No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Michigan State on January 11 for the national championship. Alabama and Michigan State are squaring off later tonight in the Cotton Bowl. Ref. CNN
No. 2 Alabama won its fourth college football national title in seven seasons, defeating No. 1 Clemson 45-40 in the championship game of the College Football Playoff on Monday at Glendale, Arizona.
It is the 14th NCAA national title for the Crimson Tide, which finishes the season 14-1. The title is the fifth for Alabama head coach Nick Saban, who also won one at Louisiana State. Ref. CNN.
Clemson gets revenge on Alabama, rallies to win wild national championship 35-31
After trailing all game, DeShaun Watson and the Tigers finally broke through in the fourth quarter and scored the game-winning touchdown with 1 second left to atone for last year's title game loss. It's Clemson's second national championship, their only other coming in 1981. Ref. USAToday.
College football players have abnormalities in coordination and inflammation. Collegiate football athletes with a decade or more of experience with the sport have related abnormalities in inflammation, energy production and coordination that are apparent before the football season and across the season, a new study has found. The abnormalities are related to routine repetitive head impacts from tackling and blocking. Source 7q.