And though fans will be deciding whether to cheer "Go Tigers!" or yell their loudest "Roll Tide!" on January 9, these two teams aren't the only ones to inspire some serious school pride.
Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, ranked the best college football programs in its 2016 college rankings.
The list primarily looked at the number of BCS bowl appearances, number of NCAA championship wins, and average attendance at home games. It also took factors such as BCS bowl game wins, number of alumni in the NFL, and student survey responses into consideration.
For its ranking, Niche used the number of National Championships won recently (since 2000), but we included the number in the modern poll era — since 1936 — for reference.
Niche recently released its 2017 college rankings, sans an updated version of this list, so please note that this ranking comes from Niche's 2016 report, released at the end of 2015. You'll notice that while Alabama is near the top of the list, Clemson didn't make the top 20.
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