FOOTBALL
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 9
Kansas City 30, Houston 0
Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16
Sunday, Jan. 10
Seattle 10, Minnesota 9
Green Bay 35, Washington 18
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 16
Kansas City at New England, 4:35 (CBS)
Green Bay at Arizona, 8:15 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Jan. 17
Seattle at Carolina, 1:05 p.m. (FOX)
Pittsburgh at Denver, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 24
AFC, 3:05 p.m. (CBS)
NFC, 6:40 p.m. (FOX)
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 31
At Honolulu
Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 7
At Santa Clara, Calif.
TBD, 6:30 p.m. (CBS)
NCAA Title Summary
No. 2 Alabama 45, No. 1 Clemson 40
Alabama 7 7 7 24—45
Clemson 14 0 10 16—40
First Quarter
Ala—Henry 50 run (Griffith kick), 7:55.
Clem—Renfrow 31 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), 5:18.
Clem—Renfrow 11 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), :00.
Second Quarter
Ala—Henry 1 run (Griffith kick), 9:35.
Third Quarter
Ala—Howard 53 pass from Coker (Griffith kick), 12:53.
Clem—FG Huegel 37, 10:10.
Clem—Gallman 1 run (Huegel kick), 4:48.
Fourth Quarter
Ala—FG Griffith 33, 10:34.
Ala—Howard 51 pass from Coker (Griffith kick), 9:45.
Clem—FG Huegel 31, 7:47.
Ala—Drake 95 kickoff return (Griffith kick), 7:31.
Clem—A.Scott 15 pass from Watson (run failed), 4:40.
Ala—Henry 1 run (Griffith kick), 1:07.
Clem—Leggett 24 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), :12.
A—75,765.
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Ala Clem
First downs 18 31
Rushes-yards 46-138 38-145
Passing 335 405
Comp-Att-Int 16-25-0 30-47-1
Return Yards 12 22
Punts-Avg. 7-42.4 6-44.2
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yards 2-21 4-27
Time of Possession 30:31 29:29
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Alabama, Henry 36-158, Drake 1-1, Team 1-(minus 1), Coker 8-(minus 20). Clemson, Watson 20-73, Gallman 14-45, A.Scott 2-19, Brooks 1-4, McCloud 1-4.
PASSING—Alabama, Coker 16-25-0-335. Clemson, Watson 30-47-1-405.
RECEIVING—Alabama, Ridley 6-14, Howard 5-208, Stewart 2-63, Drake 2-21, Mullaney 1-29. Clemson, Renfrow 7-88, Peake 6-99, Leggett 5-78, Brooks 4-39, A.Scott 4-33, Gallman 3-61, McCloud 1-7.
Champion Coaches
By The Associated Press
Coaches whose teams have been named national champion by The Associated Press by number of titles and years won:
Five
Bear Bryant, Alabama, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1978, 1979
Four
Frank Leahy, Notre Dame, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949
Nick Saban, Alabama, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
Three
Bernie Bierman, Minnesota, 1936, 1940, 1941
John McKay, Southern Cal, 1962, 1967, 1972
Barry Switzer, Oklahoma, 1974, 1975, 1985
Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma, 1950, 1955, 1956
Urban Meyer, Florida (2006, 2008); Ohio State (2014)
Two
Red Blaik, Army, 1944, 1945
Bobby Bowden, Florida State, 1993, 1999
Pete Carroll, Southern Cal, 2003, 2004
Bob Devaney, Nebraska, 1970, 1971
Dennis Erickson, Miami, 1989, 1991
Woody Hayes, Ohio State, 1954, 1968
Tom Osborne, Nebraska, 1994, 1995
Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame, 1966, 1973
Joe Paterno, Penn State, 1982, 1986
Darrell Royal, Texas, 1963, 1969
Final AP Top 25
By The Associated Press
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (61) 14-1 1,525 2
2. Clemson 14-1 1,464 1
3. Stanford 12-2 1,360 5
4. Ohio St. 12-1 1,342 7
5. Oklahoma 11-2 1,270 4
6. Michigan St. 12-2 1,227 3
7. TCU 11-2 1,098 11
8. Houston 13-1 1,050 14
9. Iowa 12-2 981 6
10. Mississippi 10-3 975 16
11. Notre Dame 10-3 953 8
12. Michigan 10-3 911 17
13. Baylor 10-3 820 18
14. Florida St. 10-3 630 9
15. North Carolina 11-3 563 10
16. LSU 9-3 546 22
17. Utah 10-3 499 20
18. Navy 11-2 465 21
19. Oregon 9-4 391 15
20. Oklahoma St. 10-3 372 13
21. Wisconsin 10-3 332 23
22. Tennessee 9-4 260 NR
23. Northwestern 10-3 203 12
24. W. Kentucky 12-2 128 25
25. Florida 10-4 126 19
Others receiving votes: Georgia 109, Washington St. 51, Mississippi St. 47, San Diego St. 44, Arkansas 28, Toledo 28, Southern Cal 10, Appalachian St. 7, Boise St. 4, Duke 3, Temple 2, BYU 1.
