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Title: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 2016 vs. 2019
Post by: ELA on July 18, 2020, 10:40:03 PM

2016		2019
Clemson	NATIONAL CHAMPION	LSU
#2 Clemson 35, #1 Alabama 31	NATIONAL TITLE GAME	#1 LSU 42, #3 Clemson 25
Penn State	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Ohio State
#9 USC 52, #5 Penn State 49	ROSE BOWL	#6 Oregon 28, #8 Wisconsin 26
Lamar Jackson	HEISMAN WINNER	Joe Burrow

#1 PROGRESSION
2016

• Preseason: Alabama
• January 9: #2 Clemson 35, #1 Alabama 31 (#2 Clemson jumped to #1)

2019

• Preseason: Clemson
• September 28: #2 Alabama jumped to #1, following #1 Clemson's narrow win over North Carolina
• October 26: #2 LSU 23, #9 Auburn 20 (#2 LSU jumped to #1)

OTHER NOTES
2016

• Wisconsin-LSU played the first FBS game in Lambeau Field
• Cal-Hawaii played the first Oceania game in 30 years
• Virginia Tech-Tennessee set an attendance record, playing at Bristol Speedway
• Kalan Ballage tied the NCAA record with 8 TDs in a game
• the Oklahoma-Texas Tech game set the NCAA record for most yards in a game, and Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes broke the single player yardage record
• Pitt beat Syracuse 76-61, to set the record for most points in a non-OT game
• Art Briles fired after external investigation

2019

• Celebrated the 150th anniversary of college football
• Mark Dantonio retired