clemson was last year's ncaa football champion.
who was last year's ncaa football champion?
clemson
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the 2015–16 ncaa football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games. they completed the 2015 ncaa division i fbs football season. the games began on december 19, 2015 and, aside from the all-star games, ended with the 2016 college football playoff national championship which was played on january 11, 2016.
2015–16 ncaa football bowl games
the southern conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the football championship subdivision and is considered a mid-major conference in basketball. it has also garnered considerable national attention from its recent success in these sports: in particular, former member, three-time division i ncaa football champion appalachian state mountaineers, who stunned the fifth-ranked michigan wolverines 34–32 on september 1, 2007; from the davidson wildcats, who reached the elite eight in the 2008 ncaa men's division i basketball tournament by upsetting power programs gonzaga (a mid-major school which became a power program in the 2000s), georgetown, and wisconsin. more recently, the six-time division i ncaa football champion georgia southern eagles stunned southeastern conference power-house florida gators 26–20 in the swamp on november 23, 2013—the first loss to a lower division opponent in the florida program's history. in 2015, furman defeated ucf 16–15 and the citadel topped south carolina 23–22 for their second win over the gamecocks in the past three meetings. the socon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the ncaa division i baseball championship.
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