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1433:Tressel
1409:Tressel
1401:Stowers
1393:Russell
1377:Duffner
1369:Russell
1345:Dempsey
1333:winners
1146:No team
1042:No team
777:2020β21
520:College
493:Clemson
442:Alabama
353:Overall
337:Clemson
164:Clemson
103:scholar
1663:2023:
1655:2022:
1647:2021:
1639:2020:
1631:2019:
1623:2018:
1615:2017:
1607:2016:
1599:2015:
1591:2014:
1583:2013:
1575:2012:
1567:2011:
1561:Keeler
1559:2010:
1553:Talley
1551:2009:
1545:London
1543:2008:
1535:2007:
1527:2006:
1519:2005:
1511:2004:
1505:Biddle
1503:2003:
1495:2002:
1487:2001:
1479:2000:
1471:1999:
1463:1998:
1457:Talley
1455:1997:
1447:1996:
1439:1995:
1431:1994:
1423:1993:
1417:Taaffe
1415:1992:
1407:1991:
1399:1990:
1391:1989:
1383:1988:
1375:1987:
1367:1986:
1359:1985:
1353:Arnold
1351:1984:
1343:1983:
1260:(2013)
1220:(1984)
1172:(1953)
1156:(1945)
1140:(1940)
1100:(1925)
1068:(1910)
1060:(1909)
1052:(1908)
872:Total:
824:(2021)
432:under
390:Awards
214:(1990)
203:, U.S.
105:
98:
91:
84:
76:
1601:Grass
1569:Fritz
1537:Moore
1529:Moore
1521:Moore
1425:Allen
876:72β26
861:72β26
765:Tβ5th
532:Team
529:Year
152:Title
110:JSTOR
96:books
34:This
1649:Entz
1633:Entz
1585:Bohl
1577:Bohl
1441:Read
962:2022
940:2014
864:49β9
831:2021
786:10β3
750:2019
715:2018
689:10β2
680:2017
654:10β2
645:2016
619:13β2
610:2015
584:10β2
575:2014
314:2013
276:2002
271:(OC)
185:Born
160:Team
82:news
43:for
843:2β2
840:4β5
792:1st
789:6β1
762:3β5
759:6β6
744:13
730:1st
727:7β1
724:9β4
709:10
695:1st
692:8β0
660:1st
657:7β0
625:1st
622:8β0
590:1st
587:8β0
469:UAB
397:OVC
395:3Γ
383:OVC
174:ACC
1683::
806:9
741:10
674:6
639:2
604:9
508:.
381:6
250:DC
235:OC
222:HC
193:)
54:.
1323:e
1316:t
1309:v
1012:e
1005:t
998:v
964:.
942:.
821:)
817:(
803:9
796:L
734:L
706:9
699:L
671:6
664:L
636:2
629:L
601:9
594:L
565:)
561:(
252:)
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237:)
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126:(
121:)
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107:Β·
100:Β·
93:Β·
86:Β·
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