The championship is set, and to no one’s surprise, the game that everyone thought would happen back in August came to fruition.
The College Football Playoff national title game will have top-seeded Alabama against second-seeded Clemson, the fourth year in a row that the two teams are playing in the playoff and the third time they are battling for the title.
The Crimson Tide, who will be making their seventh appearance in a title game in the last 10 seasons, earned their way to Santa Clara by using a big first half to beat Oklahoma 45–34 in the Orange Bowl, while Clemson overwhelmed and outclassed Notre Dame 30–3.