- ABC News
- January 10, 2017
It's hard for any sequel to live up to the original, but this year's Clemson-Alabama rematch in the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T somehow did the trick. We got more than a little drama, thanks to a back-and-forth fourth quarter that culminated with a Deshaun Watson-to-Hunter-Renfrow touchdown pass with one second left to give the Tigers a 35-31 victory. The gold standard for national title games remains Texas' 41-38 win over USC in the 2006 BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. It's difficult to believe it has been 10 years since that classic. What we witnessed Monday night in Tampa, Florida, provides us with the perfect reason to revisit last year's list of the top 10 title games of all time. Which national championship games and bowl games that led to a national championship for a team were most memorable? We've taken the liberty of ranking the top 10, updated with the latest Alabama-Clemson thriller, based on a number of factors,...