For the first time since 1981, the Clemson Tigers are the champions of college football. An epic victory in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game against previously unbeaten Alabama has put Clemson firmly on top of the college football world, and justifiably so. But where do these Tigers rank compared to past national champions?
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For the purposes of this updated ranking of top national championship teams, we will go back to the start of the BCS Championship Era in 1998 and roll right on up to the third season of the College Football Playoff.