College Football Podcast: Can Bama, Clemson return to the title game?

After a thrilling national championship game, the college football season is officially over. But as Alabama celebrates its fourth national title in seven seasons, there’s still plenty to break down from the Crimson Tide and Tigers’ performance and what that means for the 2016 season.
Andy Staples was in Glendale, Ariz., for the championship game and joins hosts Zac Ellis and Lindsay Schnell to analyze Alabama's victory. Who's better poised of the two teams to return to the title game next year? How much longer will Nick Saban coach? And Andy discusses his Way-Too-Early rankings for the 2016 college football season.

Zac Ellis joined SI.com in 2011 and has covered college football and basketball since 2012. In addition to features and columns, he is SI’s primary Heisman Trophy analyst. Staff writer Lindsay Schnell joined SI in 2014 as a national college sports writer after covering Oregon State athletics for The Oregonian.