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Alabama Takes The Top Spot In The Super 16 Poll

September 29, 2019 by Courtesy FWAA

Alabama overtakes Clemson in the new FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll released today. The poll is voted on by a panel of football writers and college football Hall Of Fame members.

Clemson's close victory over un-ranked North Carolina opened the door for the Crimson Tide to unseat the Tigers after easily dispatching Ole Miss. Alabama received 22 first-place votes to Clemson's 12. Just last week, the Tigers garnered 33 first-place votes to Alabama's 9.

Five other teams receive No.1 votes this week. Ohio State collects 5 and LSU 4 nabs 4, while Georgia, Oklahoma and Auburn each take one.

Ohio State moves into the No. 3 slot in the rankings after overwhelming Nebraska in Lincoln. Unbeatens Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma, Auburn, Wisconsin and Florida follow, with one-loss Notre Dame at No. 10. Washington re-enters the poll at No. 15 after California's loss to Arizona State bumps the Golden Bears out.

The SEC leads all conferences with five teams in the Top 16, followed by the Big Ten with four. The Big 12 and Pac-12 have two each. The ACC, Independents and Mountain West have one each.

Congrove's Ballot

NOTE: CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove is among the voters. His ballot this week was submitted as follows (last week's rank in parenthesis).
1. LSU (1)
2. Ohio State (4)
3. Alabama (3)
4. Oklahoma (5)
5. Clemson (2)
6. Georgia (6)
7. Wisconsin (7)
8. Auburn (8)
9. Texas (9)
10. Oregon (10)
11. Florida (11)
12. Notre Dame (12)
13. Washington (13)
14. Utah (14)
15. Michigan (16)
16. Minnesota (NR)
DROPPED OUT: Washington State (15)

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 Sunday of the 2019 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 September 28, 2019)

  Team Points 1st LW
1. Alabama (5-0) 696 22 2
2. Clemson (5-0) 630 12 1
3. Ohio State (5-0) 608 5 5
4. Georgia (4-0) 606 1 3
5. LSU (4-0) 604 4 4
6. Oklahoma (4-0) 544 1 6
7. Auburn (5-0) 485 1 7
8. Wisconsin (4-0) 398 --- 8
9. Florida (5-0) 319 --- 9
10. Notre Dame (3-1) 308 --- 11
11. Texas (3-1) 276 --- 10
12. Penn State (4-0) 254 --- 13
13. Oregon (3-1) 206 --- 12
14. Iowa (4-0) 113 --- 14
15. Washington (4-1) 70 --- NR
16. Boise State (4-0) 59 --- 16

Others receiving votes:

Utah (32), Michigan (10), Texas A&M (7), UCF (5), Arizona State (5), Oklahoma State (3), Iowa State (3), Memphis (3), Baylor (3), Michigan State (2), California (2), Wake Forest (2), SMU (2), Minnesota (1).