Alabama Extends Run At No. 1 In Super 16 Poll

October 22, 2018 by Courtesy NFF

NOTE: CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove is among the voters.

The weekly FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll, voted on by a panel of football writers and college football Hall Of Fame members, was released Monday morning and has Alabama remaining atop the poll after a convincing road victory at Tennessee. But No. 2 Ohio State slid all the way to No. 9 after suffering its first loss of the season at Purdue. Every other team, Nos. 3-9, moved up a slot, staring with Clemson, now No. 2.

The Tigers are followed by Notre Dame, LSU, Michigan, Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and then Ohio State. Florida and UCF switched places at Nos. 10-11. Oregon and North Carolina State fell out of the poll after losses. Washington State and Texas A&M each moved into the poll for the first time this year.

The SEC led all conferences with six teams. The Big 12 had three. The Big Ten and Pac-12 had two each. The American, ACC and Independents had one each.

Games This Week

Idle teams include No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 LSU, No. 5 Michigan, No. 9 Ohio State and No. 11 UCF. Ranked teams seeing action this week are No. 2 Clemson at Florida State, No. 3 Notre Dame vs. Navy (San Diego), No. 6 Texas at Oklahoma State, No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 10 Florida (Jacksonville), Kansas State at No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 12 Kentucky at Missouri, Baylor at No. 13 West Virginia (Thurs.), No. 14 Washington State at Stanford, No. 15 Washington at Cal, and No. 16 Texas A&M at Mississippi State.

Congrove's Ballot

Congrove's ballot this week was submitted as follows (last week's rank in parenthesis).
1. Alabama (1)
2. Clemson (4)
3. Notre Dame (3)
4. Michigan (5)
5. Kentucky (6)
6. Ohio State (2)
7. Florida (7)
8. LSU (8)
9. Georgia (9)
10. Oklahoma (10)
11. Washington State (NR)
12. Washington (12)
13. UCF (13)
14. Texas (14)
15. Iowa (NR)
16. Fresno State (NR)
Last week he had Oregon at 11, Michigan State 15 and Duke 16. All 3 lost this past weekend and were dropped from his ballot.

About the Poll

The poll was established at the conclusion of the 2013 season by long-time partners, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the National Football Foundation (NFF). Voters rank the top 16 teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, and the results will be released every Monday of the 2018 season; the individual votes of all members will also be made public. The pollsters consist of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers who were selected to create a balanced-geographical perspective.

FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll
(For games through October 20, 2018)

Others receiving votes:

Iowa (57), Penn State (50), Wisconsin (16), North Texas (10), Oregon (6), USF (5), Fresno State (5), Auburn (5), Utah (5), Colorado (2), Stanford (1), Purdue (1), Appalachian State (1), and North Carolina State (1).