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Super 16 Poll: Alabama Remains Unanimous No. 1

November 12, 2018 by Courtesy NFF

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

Top-ranked Alabama once again received all 51 first-place votes in the new FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll released today. The top seven teams all stayed put, while Washington State and Ohio State switched places at Nos. 8-9. LSU and UCF remained at No. 10 and No.11, respectively. Syracuse moved up a spot to No. 12.

The poll is voted on by a panel of football writers and college football Hall Of Fame members.

Kentucky, Mississippi State and Boston College all dropped out of the poll after suffering losses. Those teams were replaced by Utah State (first-time in the poll this season), Florida and Penn State. Texas moved up two slots to No. 13 after a road victory at Texas Tech.

The SEC led all leagues with four teams in the poll. The Big 12 and Big Ten had three each, and the ACC had two. The American, Independents, Mountain West and Pac-12 had one team each in the poll.

Games This Week

The Citadel at No. 1 Alabama, Duke at No. 2 Clemson, No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 12, Syracuse (Yankee Stadium), Indiana at No. 4 Michigan, UMass at No. 5 Georgia, Kansas at No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 7 West Virginia at Oklahoma State, Arizona at No. 8 Washington State, No. 9 Ohio State at Maryland, Rice at No. 10 LSU, Cincinnati at No. 11 UCF, Iowa State at No. 13 Texas, No. 14 Utah State at Colorado State, Idaho at No. 15 Florida, No. 16 Penn State at Rutgers.

Congrove's Ballot

Congrove's ballot this week was submitted as follows (last week's rank in parenthesis).
1. Alabama (1)
2. Clemson (2)
3. Notre Dame (3)
4. Michigan (4)
5. Ohio State (5)
6. Georgia (6)
7. Oklahoma (7)
8. Washington State (8)
9. West Virginia (9)
10. UCF (10)
11. Syracuse (16)
12. LSU (14)
13. Utah State (15)
14. Penn State (NR)
15. Boston College (11)
16. Boise State (NR)
Last week, Congrove had Fresno State 12 and Kentucky 13. Both dropped out after Fresno State lost 24-17 at Boise State and Kentucky lost 24-7 at Tennessee.

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 Monday of the 2018 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 November 10, 2018)

  Team Points 1st LW
1. Alabama (10-0) 816 51 1
2. Clemson (10-0) 761 --- 2
3. Notre Dame (10-0) 710 --- 3
4. Michigan (9-1) 654 --- 4
5. Georgia (9-1) 610 --- 5
6. Oklahoma (9-1) 542 --- 6
7. West Virginia (8-1) 469 --- 7
8. Washington State (9-1) 428 --- 9
9. Ohio State (9-1) 408 --- 8
10. LSU (8-2) 392 --- 10
11. UCF (9-0) 333 --- 11
12. Syracuse (8-2) 229 --- 13
13. Texas (7-3) 161 --- 15
14. Utah State (9-1) 111 --- NR
15. Florida (7-3) 80 --- NR
16. Penn State (7-3) 75 --- NR

Others receiving votes:

Utah State (61), Fresno State (52), Washington (24), NC State (18), Iowa State (17), Florida (15), Penn State (15), Missouri (14), Michigan State (13), Auburn (12), Utah (10), Iowa (6), UAB (6), Northwestern (5), Cincinnati (5), Texas A&M (1).