CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Tigers are still the reigning "Belt" champions in college football


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Collegefootballbelt.com is a lineal championship for college football starting with the 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers.

The win over Virginia Tech gave Clemson their 2nd consecutive Belt defense tying their longest championship reign with the 1988 Tigers. The victory also gave Clemson 3 straight wins over ranked opponents. This marks this first time any ACC team has accomplished this feat. Tigers' RB Andre Ellington Andre Ellington

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View Full Profile needs just 18 yards rushing to surpass Don Testerman of the 1974 Clemson team for 3rd on the Belt career rushing list. The Tigers now boast a 3-1 record against ACC teams in Belt games with their only loss coming to Florida State in 1999. Clemson is 2-6-1 against Boston College since 1960 but the teams have never met in a Belt game.

Clemson won the college football belt by defeating Auburn and will once again be putting its championship belt up against Boston College this weekend.

Since the Tigers have the current belt in college football we thought it would only appropriate to once again call upon pro wrestling great Ric Flair (thanks to benmils1):

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