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NFL Playoffs

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.

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