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FWAA-NFF Super 16 Preseason Poll Released

August 19, 2019 by Courtesy FWAA

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

Clemson toppled Alabama to win the national championship in January, and the Tigers begin the 2019 season at the top of the Super 16 Poll.

Clemson garnered 33 of the available 46 first-place votes while Alabama snagged 10. LSU (2) and Georgia (1) received the other first-place votes.

There are four SEC teams in the top ten and six in the top sixteen. The Big Ten and PAC-12 each have three teams listed, followed by the Big 12 with two. The ACC and Independents have one each.

Congrove's Ballot

Congrove's ballot this week was submitted as follows (last week's rank in parenthesis).
1. LSU
2. Michigan
3. Clemson
4. Alabama
5. Oregon
5. Oklahoma
7. Ohio State
8. Georgia
9. Washington State
10. Syracuse
11. Auburn
12. Notre Dame
13. Utah
14. Iowa State
15. Cincinnati
16. Texas

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
(Pre-season 2019)

  Team Points 1st LW
1. Clemson (0-0) 722 33 -
2. Alabama (0-0) 692 10 -
3. Georgia (0-0) 629 1 -
4. Oklahoma (0-0) 573 --- -
5. Ohio State (0-0) 527 --- -
6. LSU (0-0) 492 2 -
7. Michigan (0-0) 450 --- -
8. Notre Dame (0-0) 372 --- -
9. Texas (0-0) 355 --- -
10. Florida (0-0) 320 --- -
11. Oregon (0-0) 225 --- -
12. Texas A&M (0-0) 203 --- -
13. Washington (0-0) 153 --- -
14. Utah (0-0) 137 --- -
15. Penn State (0-0) 109 --- -
16. Auburn (0-0) 99 --- -

Others receiving votes:

UCF (42), Michigan State (32), Nebraska (19), Wisconsin (14), Washington State (13), Stanford (11), Iowa State (10), Syracuse (10), Iowa (80, Northwestern (5), Missouri (5), Cincinnati (5), Army West Point (5), Boise State (4), Miami, FL (4), TCU (3), Virginia Tech (3), Kentucky (2), Memphis (2), Mississippi State (1).