The 1995 National Championship team has long stood the test of time as the best college football team in history, but that title looked to be threatened by the 2016 Alabama Crimson Tide.
It’s easy to understand why. When there’s a team that’s one game away from not only going wire-to-wire as the No. 1 squad in the country but repeat as national champions by climbing a playoff ladder, it’d be pretty hard to argue a new Best That Ever Was.
The resume was certainly there for the Tide. They defeated nine ranked teams including three top ten teams, one of which being No.