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Your New College Football Champions - The Clemson Tigers

For the second time this season, the Clemson Tigers are the owners of the college football championship belt. This time, they got it in the ACC Championship Game, defeating the Virginia Tech Hokies by the comfortable margin of 38-10. They are headed to a BCS Bowl to be announced tomorrow night.

Since I've been following this method of crowning my own national champion, I've only posted when there was a new champion. Here is the history of my belt, awarded in accordance with the belt method:

Texas took it from undisputed champion USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl.
On September 9, 2006, #1 Ohio State gained the belt by defeating the #2 Texas Longhorns 24-7.
On January 8, 2007, #2 Florida won the belt and the BCS by defeating the #1 Buckeyes 41-14.
On September 29, 2007, the Auburn Tigers took the belt with a 20-17 win at #4 Florida.
On October 20, 2007, #5 LSU obtained the belt from #18 Auburn with a 30-24 victory.
On November 23, 2007, Arkansas took the title from #1 LSU with a 50-48 victory.
On January 1, 2008, #7 Missouri took the belt away with a 38-7 win in the Cotton Bowl.
On October 11, 2008, #3 Missouri lost the title to #17 Oklahoma State 28-23.
On October 25, 2008, #1 Texas won back the belt by defeating #6 Oklahoma State 28-24.
On November 1, 2008, #7 Texas Tech won the belt by defeating #1 Texas 39-33.
On November 22, 2008, #5 Oklahoma took the belt by defeating #2 Texas Tech 65-21.
On January 8, 2009, #2 Florida took the belt, and the BCS title, by beating the #1 Sooners 24-14.
On December 5, 2009, Alabama won the belt (and later the BCS) by beating the Gators 32-13.
On October 9, 2010, #19 South Carolina took the belt from #1 BCS champ Alabama 35-21.
On October 16, 2010, Kentucky took the belt by defeating #10 South Carolina 31-28.
On October 23, 2010, Georgia took the belt by winning at Kentucky, 44-31.
On October 30, 2010, Florida took the belt by beating Georgia 34-31 in OT.
On November 13, 2010,#23 South Carolina reclaimed the belt from #22 Florida 36-14.
On December 4, 2010, #1 Auburn won Belt and BCS from #19 usc 56-17 in the SEC title game.
On September 17, 2011, Clemson took it from #21 Auburn 38-24.
On October 29, 2011, Georgia Tech tore it away from #5 Clemson, 31-14.
On November 10, 2011, Virginia Tech took it from #20 Georgia Tech 37-26.
On December 4, 2011, Clemson took it from VA Tech in the ACC title game, 38-10.