Alabama Unblemished at No. 1 in Super 16 Poll for 12th Straight Week

November 19, 2018 by Courtesy NFF

Alabama continued its reign as No. 1 with all 51 first-place votes in the new FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll released today. The Crimson Tide was followed by Clemson, Notre Dame, Michigan, Georgia and Oklahoma at Nos. 2-6. West Virginia, after losing to unranked Oklahoma State, fell from seventh to 11th. Washington State, LSU, UCF and Ohio State rounded out the first 10.

After Syracuse lost decisively to Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium, the Orange dropped out of the poll. Washington re-entered the poll at No. 16 as the only new team, leaving 15 of 16 teams from last week in the poll. UCF, which posted an impressive victory over Cincinnati, moved up to No. 9, passing Ohio State.

The SEC led all leagues with four teams. The Big Ten and Big 12 had three each. The Pac-12 had two. The ACC, the American Athletic, Independents and Mountain West had one each.

Games This Week

Auburn at No. 1 Alabama, South Carolina at No. 2 Clemson, No. 3 Notre Dame at USC, No. 4 Michigan at  No. 10 Ohio State, Georgia Tech at No. 5 Georgia, No. 6 Oklahoma at No. 11 West Virginia (Friday), No. 16 Washington at No. 7 Washington State (Friday), No. 8 LSU at Texas A&M, No. 9 UCF at USF (Friday), No. 12 Texas at Kansas (Friday), No. 13 Florida at Florida State, Maryland at No. 14 Penn State, No. 15 Utah State at Boise State.

Congrove's Ballot

Congrove's ballot this week was submitted as follows (last week's rank in parenthesis).
1. Alabama (1)
2. Clemson (2)
3. Notre Dame (3)
4. Michigan (4)
5. Georgia (6)
6. Washington State (8)
7. Ohio State (5)
8. Oklahoma (7)
9. UCF (10)
10. LSU (12)
11. West Virginia (9)
12. Utah State (13)
13. Penn State (14)
14. Boise State (16)
15. Syracuse (11)
16. Utah (NR)
Last week, Congrove had Boston College at 15. The Eagles dropped out after a 22-21 loss to Florida State.

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 November 17, 2018)

Others receiving votes:

Kentucky (44), Syracuse (34), Utah (23), Mississippi State (21), Northwestern (11), Missouri (7), Boise State (6), Iowa State (5), Fresno State (4), Auburn (4), Texas A&M (2) and Pittsburgh (1).