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A look at Clemson University and its national championship history

The Clemson Tigers football team is set to play Alabama in the College Football Playoff championship at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, in Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California. It will mark the fourth consecutive meeting between Alabama and Clemson in the CFP, and third in the past four years in the championship game.

Where is Clemson University located?

Clemson University is located in the town of Clemson, in the Upstate region of the state of South Carolina. The university, with an enrollment of more than 19,000 undergraduates, is actually larger than the town, which has an estimated population of 16,649, per the U.