Ranking every Alabama College Football Playoff game of the four-team era
Michigan knocked out Alabama in the Rose Bowl to end the Crimson Tide's storied run of dominance over the four-team CFP era, but where does it rank among the best games in Alabama CFP history?
By Josh Yourish
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4. 2016 National Championship: No. 2 Alabama 45 No. 1 Clemson 40
Alabama and Clemson were on a collision course and in the 2016 national championship game, they finally met for the first time. Clemson had an advantage at quarterback with Deshaun Watson who threw for 405 yards and ran for 73, but Alabama had just enough around Jake Coker to hang on in a fourth quarter that featured 40 points.