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As a result of Alabama's 41-38 loss at Texas A&M, Georgia has claimed the top spot in the Super 16 College Football Poll released Sunday afternoon. The Bulldogs captured 51 of the available 52 first-place votes with CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove electing to rank Iowa just ahead of Georgia.
Alabama dropped to No. 5, while Iowa moved into the second slot after edging Penn State in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes were followed by No. 3 Cincinnati, No. 4 Oklahoma and then Alabama at No.5. Penn State fell from No. 4 to No. 8.
BYU dropped out of the poll after suffering its first loss of the season. Arkansas also fell out of the poll after losing by a point at Ole Miss, which returned to the poll at No. 13. Wake Forest joined the poll for the first time this season at No. 16.
The Big Ten led all conferences with five teams in the poll, all of whom ranked in the top ten. The SEC has four teams, and the Big 12 two teams, the ACC, American, Independents, Pac-12 and Sun Belt had one team each.
A panel of 52 FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers vote in the poll. Voters were selected to create a balanced geographical perspective and include CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove.
Congrove's ballot: 1) Iowa, 2) Georgia, 3) Oklahoma, 4) Ohio State, 5) Cincinnati, 6) Michigan State, 7) Kentucky, 8) Michigan, 9) Penn State, 10) Alabama, 11) Oregon 12) Oklahoma State, 13) Notre Dame, 14) Wake Forest, 15) Arizona State, 16) Texas A&M.
| Team | Points | 1st | LW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Georgia (6-0) | 831 | 51 | 2 |
| 2. | Iowa (6-0) | 754 | 1 | 3 |
| 3. | Cincinnati (5-0) | 676 | -- | 5 |
| 4. | Oklahoma (6-0) | 661 | -- | 6 |
| 5. | Alabama (5-1) | 624 | -- | 1 |
| 6. | Ohio State (5-1) | 546 | -- | 8 |
| 7. | Michigan (6-0) | 495 | -- | 7 |
| 8. | Penn State (5-1) | 452 | -- | 4 |
| 9. | Kentucky (6-0) | 373 | -- | 12 |
| 10. | Michigan State (6-0) | 367 | -- | 11 |
| 11. | Oregon (4-1) | 352 | -- | 9 |
| 12. | Oklahoma State (5-0) | 224 | -- | 13 |
| 13. | Ole Miss (4-1) | 172 | -- | -- |
| 14. | Notre Dame (5-1) | 168 | -- | 14 |
| 15. | Coastal Carolina (6-0) | 124 | -- | 16 |
| 16. | Wake Forest (6-0) | 65 | -- | -- |
Florida (49), Texas A&M (42), Arizona State (36), Arkansas (29), SMU (11), BYU (8), Fresno State (3), Texas (3), NC State (2), San Diego State (2), Clemson (2), Baylor (1).
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