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2016 College Football National Championship Preview: A Showcase for Southern Talent

Tonight marks the end of the college football season as the Alabama Crimson Tide take on the Clemson Tigers (8:30 PM ET, ESPN) inside the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The Tide are looking for their 4th National Championship under Nick Saban while Clemson is looking for their second-ever title.

This will be the first all-South National Championship Game since the 2011 season's re-match between Alabama and LSU and among the BCS/Playoff era (since 1998) this will be the third meeting between schools in the South. Overall, a team from the South has been in 15 out of the 18 National Championship Games over this time period.