Final FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll: LSU #1

December 8, 2019 by FWAA, NFF and CollegeFootballPoll.com

Eleven pollsters flipped their No. 1 vote from Ohio State last week to LSU this week and the Tigers are easily top the Final 2019 FWAA-NFF Super 16 poll. Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma fill out the Final Four which echoes the College Football Playoff Committee.

The voting panel consists of 46 football writers and college football Hall Of Famers.

The door opened for Oklahoma's with LSU's 37-10 blowout of Georgia, but the 'Dawgs only fell 1 spot to 5th.

Oregon rocketed from 13th to 6th with its 37-15 win over then-No. 5 Utah. The Utes tumbled to 12th.

Baylor stayed at No. 7, despite the 30-23 loss to Oklahoma. Both Baylor losses came against the Sooners.

Florida gained a spot to finish 8th, just ahead of Alabama which was ranked 8th last week.

Auburn rounds out the top 10.

All 16 teams in last week's poll return in this week's tally.

The SEC led all conferences with five teams in the poll, followed by the Big Ten with 4. The Big 12 and Pac-12 were next with two each while the ACC, American and Independents had one each.

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 (2)
3) Clemson (3)
4) Oklahoma (6)
5) Alabama (8)
6) Georgia (4)
7) Oregon (10)
8) Florida (9)
9) Utah (5)
10) Baylor (7)
11) Wisconsin (11)
12) Penn State (12)
13) Notre Dame (13)
14) Auburn (14)
15) Minnesota (15)
16) Michigan (16)
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ROPPED OUT: None

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 December 7, 2019)

  Team Points 1st LW
1. LSU (13-0) 730 29 1
2. Ohio State (13-0) 691 16 2
3. Clemson (13-0) 649 1 3
4. Oklahoma (12-1) 590 --- 6
5. Georgia (11-2) 470 --- 4
6. Oregon (11-2) 434 --- 13
7. Baylor (11-2) 414 --- 7
8. Florida (10-2) 398 --- 9
9. Alabama (10-2) 383 --- 8
10. Auburn (9-3) 305 --- 11
11. Wisconsin (10-3) 302 --- 10
12. Utah (11-2) 272 --- 5
13. Penn State (10-2) 252 --- 12
14. Notre Dame (10-2) 129 --- 15
15. Minnesota (10-2) 87 --- 14
16. Memphis (12-1) 82 --- 16

Others receiving votes:

Michigan (42), Boise State (17), Iowa (8).