Alabama's Perfect Run at No. 1 in Super 16 Poll Continues with One Week Left

November 27, 2018 by Courtesy FWAA

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

Alabama stands one week away from going wire-to-wire as No. 1 in the 2018 poll after defeating Auburn and wrapping up a 12-0 regular season. Clemson and Notre Dame also finished perfect 12-0 regular seasons and remained Nos. 2-3, respectively.

After a decisive road loss at Ohio State, Michigan dropped from No. 4 to No. 8. Ohio State moved from No. 10 to No. 6. And both Georgia and Oklahoma moved up a slot to occupy the fourth and fifth spots, respectively. Undefeated UCF kept on rolling, jumping two spots to No. 7. LSU was No. 8 a week ago, but fell four spots to No. 12 after its epic seven-overtime loss at Texas A&M.

In the bottom half of the poll, there was reshuffling of seven teams, with only Utah State falling out after losing to Boise State. Kentucky replaced the Aggies in the poll.

Games This Week

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

No 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Georgia (SEC Title Game, Atlanta)
No. 2 Clemson vs. Pitt (ACC Title Game, Charlotte)
No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Texas (Big 12 Title Game, Arlington, TX)
No. 6 Ohio State vs. Northwestern (Big Ten Title Game, Indianapolis)
Memphis at No. 7 UCF (American Athletic Conference Title Game, Orlando)
No. 10 Washington vs. Utah (Pac-12 Title Game, Santa Clara, CA) Friday
No. 3 Notre Dame is idle.

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. Georgia (5)
5. Ohio State (7)
6. Oklahoma (8)
7. UCF (9)
8. Michigan (4)
9. Washington State (6)
10. Washington (NR)
11. Syracuse (15)
12. Penn State (13)
13. Utah (16)
14. Boise State (14)
15. Fresno State (NR)
16. West Virginia (11)

Last week, Congrove had LSU at 10 and Utah State at 12. The Tigers lost 74-72 in 7 OT and the Aggies fell 33-24 at Boise 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 24, 2018)

Others receiving votes:

Utah (40), Syracuse (31), Texas A&M (22), Mississippi State (19), Boise State (13), Missouri (8), Utah State (6), Northwestern (5), Ole Miss (5), Iowa State (4), Fresno State (4) and Auburn (3).