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Alabama to face Clemson in 2017 College Football National Championship

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The Alabama Crimson Tide will face the Clemson Tigers in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.

The game is set for Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and it will be televised by ESPN at 8:30pm ET.

Alabama, the top seed in the College Football Playoff, defeated the fourth-seeded Washington Huskies 24-7 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta.

The Crimson Tide also won the 2016 SEC Championship Game and head into the College Football Playoff National Championship undefeated at 14-0.

Clemson was the No. 2 seed in the playoff. The Tigers dominated and shutout the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes 31-0 in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona.

Clemson, the 2016 ACC Champion, enters the National Championship game 13-1. The Tigers have won four straight after being upset at home by Pitt 43-42 on Nov. 12.

The 2017 title game is a rematch of the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship. Alabama beat Clemson in that game 45-40 in Tempe.

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