- ABC News
- January 11, 2016
Hard to believe it's been 10 years since Texas and USC treated us to a title game for the ages. Those were the BCS days, and later Monday night, we get the second installment of the College Football Playoff. We can only hope Alabama and Clemson provide us with a fraction of the drama the Longhorns and Trojans did a decade ago. That said, let's take a stroll down memory lane. Which national championship games, or those bowl games that led to a national championship for a team, were most memorable? We've taken the liberty of ranking the top 10 based on a number of factors, including entertainment value, dramatic finishes, great performances, memorable plays, surprising upsets and any other interesting and/or historic elements about the game itself. In other words, don't look for any yawners or runaways in this list, regardless of how attractive the matchup might have looked coming into the game. Here's what we came up with: 1. Texas 41, USC 38 BCS National...