Super 16 Poll: Alabama Jumps To 2nd, Oklahoma Drops To 4th

October 24, 2021 by FWAA, NFF and CollegeFootballPoll.com

Georgia once again collected all 52 first-place votes in the Super 16 College Football Poll and has a 116-point lead over fellow SEC member, Alabama. The two schools appear to be on a collision course for the SEC Championship game.

Cincinnati fell to 3rdafter an uninspiring 27-20 win over Navy while Alabama was thrashing Tennessee 52-24 and Georgia was idle.

Alabama was 4th in last week's poll, but the Crimson Tide jumped Cincinnati and Oklahoma. The Sooners needed a second half surge to rally from a 17-7 deficit Kansas and pull out a 35-23 win. With the help of online casino australia, you can almost bet each week that Oklahoma will find a way to make notching a victory tougher than it needs to be.

A trio of Big Ten schools - Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State - remain at 5th, 6th and 7th, respectively.

Oregon, Ole Miss and Iowa round out the top ten.

Oklahoma State, ranked 8th a week ago, plunged to 14th after its 24-21 loss at Iowa State .

Penn State fell completely out of the Top 16 after a 9-overtime loss to Illinois (3-5). The Nittany Lions were No. 9 in last week's poll.

Coastal Carolina also fell out after a 30-27 loss at Appalachian State knocked the Chanticleers off the list of undefeated teams.

Only 9 unbeaten teams remain among the 130 FBS schools, and 3 of those - San Diego State, SMU and UTSA - are not ranked the in Super 16.

Texas A&M re-enters the poll at No. 15, and Pittsburgh makes its first appearance at No. 16.

The SEC led all conferences with five teams, followed by the Big Ten with four and the ACC and Big 12 with two each. The American, Independents and Pac-12 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) Georgia, 2) Alabama, 3) Ohio State, 4) Cincinnati, 5) Michigan 6) Michigan State, 7) Oklahoma, 8) Wake Forest, 9) Iowa, 10) Kentucky, 11) Oregon, 12) Pittsburgh, 13) Oklahoma State, 14) Notre Dame, 15) Ole Miss, 16) Texas A&M.

  Team Points 1st LW
1. Georgia (7-0) 832 52 1
2. Alabama (7-1) 716 -- 4
3. Cincinnati (7-0) 700 -- 2
4. Oklahoma (8-0) 665 -- 3
5. Ohio State (6-1) 639 -- 5
6. Michigan (7-0) 570 -- 6
7. Michigan State (7-0) 505 -- 7
8. Oregon (6-1) 483 -- 10
9. Ole Miss (6-1) 381 -- 12
10. Iowa (6-1) 334 -- 11
11. Notre Dame (6-1) 295 -- 13
12. Wake Forest (7-0) 218 -- 16
13. Kentucky (6-1) 216 -- 14
14. Oklahoma State (6-1) 140 -- 8
15. Texas A&M (6-2) 124 -- --
16. Pittsburgh (6-1) 82 -- --

Others receiving votes:

Penn State (41), Baylor (35), SMU (26), Auburn (18), Iowa State (14), San Diego State (14), Central Michigan (10), Arizona State (6), UTSA (4), Arkansas (3), NC State (1).

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