ESPN ranked the 20 most unlikely national title winners of the past 75 years.
Clemson’s 1981 national championship team (12-0) landed near the top of the list, coming in at No. 6.
The 1981 Tigers went on an unprecedented run in Clemson history. They beat No. 4 Georgia, No. 8 North Carolina, and No. 4 Nebraska on their way to winning the school’s first national championship in any sport.
Here’s what ESPN’s Bill Connelly wrote about the Tigers’ 1981 squad, which was unranked in the preseason AP Poll and spent just one week at No.