Clemson blew out Alabama 44-16 in this past season’s College Football Playoff title game, claiming the program’s second championship in three years.

Naturally, that has people wondering whether Clemson is the top team in college football after the Crimson Tide have held that position for most of Nick Saban’s tenure in Tuscaloosa.

However, when asked about it recently, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney brushed it off, saying he’s not worried about what Alabama is doing (via The Clemson Insider):

“I’m not worried about that. That was last year. It is what it is. We won the game,” Swinney said. “Whether you win by one point or whatever the score was. We won and you move on.

“It’s like in ’15. There was a lot of comments about that game, but they won the game. At the end of the day you move on. You get better and you learn from it.

“We are not trying to catch Alabama or pass Alabama or anything. We are just trying to be the best Clemson we can be year in and year out, regardless of what anybody else is doing out there. That is really my focus day in and day out, year in and year out.”

After meeting in the Playoff each of the past four seasons, it won’t be a surprise if we see the matchup again following the 2019 regular season.

Both teams are juggernauts. Who is the best of the best might be decided during this year’s title game.