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After a game in which Alabama loses Heisman QB Bryce Young to a sprained shoulder, the Crimson Tide picked up just enough votes to halt Georgia's 3-wqeek run in the top spot of the Super 16 Poll released on Sunday.
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.
Pollsters, however, were pretty evenly split on who they voted No. 1 as Alabama received 15 first-place votes while Georgia was still at the top of 21 ballots and Ohio State led the list of 16 voters. Only 28 total points separate first from third.
Alabama held a 14-0 lead at the time of Bryce's in jury and went on to build a 28-0 halftime advantage behind the play of backup QB Jalen Milroe. Arkansas made it interesting by scoring 23 unanswered points in the third quarter before Alabama pulled away for the 49-26 win. It was a second straight loss for Arkansas which also fell 23-21 to Texas A&M in the prior week.
Georgia was dethroned, largely due to a 26-22 win at Missouri in which the Bulldogs and were on upset alert for the entire game until. Mizzou worked its way to a 16-3 lead in the 2nd quarter, and was still ahead 22-12 early in the 4th after Harrison Mevis hit a 56-yard FG for his fifth make of the day. But Georgia closed by scoring the last 14 points of the game and went head for good with 4:03 remaining.
Ohio State stay at No. 3 after a 49-10 romp over Rutgers, but Clemson and Michigan trade places at 4 and 5 after the Tigers defeated then-No. 11 NC State 30-20 and moved up a spot, while the Wolverines were a 27-14 winner at Iowa at moved down a notch.
Another major development was Ole Miss' home victory over Kentucky, which allowed the Rebels to vault to No. 10 from No. 14 of a week ago and led to the Wildcats' drop from 9th to 15th.
Oklahoma, ranked 16th a week ago, is now absent after TCU handed the Sooners a 55-24 whooping and entred the poll at No. 13.
Washington, ranked 13th a week ago, lost 40-32 at UCLA and finds its elf replaced by UCLA in the poll. The Hiskies dropped out while the Bruins entered at No. 14.
Also newsworthy, Kansas is making its first appearance in the history of the poll at No.16.
The SEC leads all leagues with five teams in this week's rankings, followed by the Pac-12 with four, while the Big Ten and Big 12 have three each and the ACC has just one.
Congrove kept his top seven the same with Ohio State at the top, followed by Georgia, Alabama, Michigan, USC, Oklahoma State and Clemson. He dropped Kentucky from 8th to 13th and elevated Ole Miss from 13th to 9th while Tennessee slid up to 8th.
He kicked NC State dowm 4 spots from 10th to 14th, and entered UCLA at the 11 spot while demoting Washington from 11th to 16th. TCU gained admittance at No. 12, while Oregon re-entered his rankings at No. 15.
Congrove removed Minnesita, Florida State and Oklahoma.
| Team | Points | 1st | LW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alabama (5-0) | 790 | 15 | 2 |
| 2. | Georgia (5-0) | 781 | 21 | 1 |
| 3. | Ohio State (5-0) | 762 | 16 | 3 |
| 4. | Clemson (5-0) | 640 | -- | 5 |
| 5. | Michigan (5-0) | 638 | -- | 4 |
| 6. | Oklahoma State (4-0) | 521 | -- | 8 |
| 7. | USC (5-0) | 519 | -- | 6 |
| 8. | Tennessee (4-0) | 424 | -- | 7 |
| 9. | Penn State (5-0) | 390 | -- | 10 |
| 10. | Ole Miss (5-0) | 381 | -- | 14 |
| 11. | Utah (4-1) | 235 | -- | 12 |
| 12. | Oregon (4-1) | 216 | -- | 15 |
| 13. | TCU (4-0) | 132 | -- | -- |
| 14. | UCLA (5-0) | 122 | -- | -- |
| 15. | Kentucky (4-1) | 117 | -- | 9 |
| 16. | Kansas (5-0) | 92 | -- | -- |
Wake Forest (75), NC State (58), Kansas State (39), BYU (37), Baylor (18), Mississippi State (15), Washington (13), South Carolina (12), LSU (10), Texas (10), Syracuse (6), Oklahoma (5), Cincinnati (4), Florida State (3), Arkansas (3), Miami, FL (2), Florida (2).
SCHEDULE (OCT. 8):
(1) Alabama vs. Texas A&M
(2) Georgia vs. Auburn
(3) Ohio State at Michigan State
(4) Clemson at Boston College
(5) Michigan at Indiana
(6) Oklahoma State vs. Texas Tech
(7) USC vs. Washington State
(8) Tennessee at LSU
(9) Penn State is idle.
(10) Ole Miss at Vandy
*-(11) Utah at (14) UCLA
(12) Oregon at Arizona
*-(13) TCU at (16) Kansas
(15) Kentucky vs. South Carolina
*-ranked vs. ranked
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