National Title Game Projection
College Football Playoff National Championship
Monday, Jan. 9; Raymond James Stadium; Tampa, Fla.
Alabama Crimson Tide vs Clemson Tigers
And with the changes to what happened last week with our projections, we have a new team set to face the Alabama Crimson Tide in our national championship game now.
Yep, we’re calling for a rematch of what happened last year. And Dabo Swinney will try to get revenge on Nick Saban, while Saban goes for his sixth career national title and tries to get the best of Swinney once again.
Beyond our bowl projections, our simple reasonable predictions call for Alabama to blow out the Florida Gators in the most embarrassing way.
Meanwhile, we have the Clemson Tigers projected to beat the Virginia Tech Hokies, but that’s not as much of a guarantee.
Still, this will make for an epic rematch in Tampa. What’s going to happen?
Winner: Alabama Crimson Tide
In 1998, Michael Jordan won his sixth championship while leading his team in a rematch against the Utah Jazz in the NBA Finals.
The metrics in our bowl projections right now have Saban winning his sixth national championship in a rematch as well.
There is no possible way any reasonable metric could put anybody ahead of the Tide right now, even if your eye test and gut feelings do. They have a Top 10 strength of schedule and have not allowed a touchdown this month.
That’s incredible!
Until they’re overthrown, their dominance continues in our projections.
And since this is our final round of bowl projections before they actually set the teams, the next time we get to this game will be an official prediction.
But for now, our love goes to Alabama.