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Penn State, Clemson, Texas A&M, Iowa State and Pitt all took a hit over the weekend and either fall down in the ranking or completely out, while Indiana continued its winning ways and rockets up four spots to move into 8th.
Penn State drops to 6 and Texas A&M to 15, while Clemson, Iowa State and Pitt become the fall out boys.
Oregon picked up 51 of 54 first-place votes and remained No. 1 for the third consecutive week after posting a 38-17 win at Michigan. The Ducks never trailed against the Wolverines and appear to have a clear path to the Big Ten championship game.
Ohio State, which lost to Oregon earlier in Eugene, pulled off a solid 20-13 victory at Penn State on Saturday and moved to No. 3, right behind No. 2 Georgia, which struggled before beating Florida, 34-20, in Jacksonville.
Miami (FL) blew out Duke in the second half for a 53-31 win and moved up to No. 4, with Penn State falling from third to sixth after losing to the Buckeyes. Idle Texas moved up a spot to No. 5.
Texas A&M's drop was precipitated by a 44-20 loss at South Carolina,.
Clemson was a 33-21 home loser to Louisville, Iowa State lost in the final seconds at home to Texas Tech 23-22, and Pitt was run over at SMU, 48-25.
SMU and Boise State entered the poll for the first time this season. and Ole Miss re-entered.
Boise State was a 56-24 home winner over San Diego State on Friday, while Ole Miss was a huge 63-31 winner at Arkansas.
The SEC leads all conferences with seven teams in the ranking, while the Big Ten has four, the ACC has two, and the Big 12, Independents and Mountain West each have one.
The Ducks are the first team outside of the SEC since Clemson in 2019 to hold the No. 1 spot in the poll for two consecutive weeks.
Voters in the Super 16 Poll consist of FWAA writers and members of the College Football Hall of Fame who were selected to create a geographically balanced perspective.
CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove has been on the voting panel since the September 24, 2017 poll. He is one of the 51 voters who put Oregon at No. 1. The other 3 first-place votes all went to Georgia.
He dropped Penn State from 2nd to 5th, and moved Ohio State, Miami and Georgia up one to 2nd 3rd and 4th, respectively.
Texas was kept at No. 6 as Clemson was dropped from 7th to 16th.
Indiana was the big mover is his ranking as he jumped the Hoosiers from 14th to 7th. Tennessee remained 8th, while BYU got a six-spots boost from 15 to 9, and Notre Dame remained at 10.
Texas A&M was 11th, but took an exit from his ballot as put Ole Miss in the Aggies' former place.
Alabama moved up from 13 to 12, SMU entered at 13, and Iowa State dropped to 14 from 9.
Boise State was given his 15th spot and Army closed it out at No. 16.
Here is Congrove's entire Top 16 ballot:
(1) Oregon, (2) Ohio State, (3) Miami, FL, (4) Georgia, (5) Penn State, (6) Texas, (7) Indiana, (8) Tennessee, (9) BYU, (10) Notre Dame, (11) Ole Miss, (12) Alabama (13) SMU, (14) Iowa State, (15) Boise State, (16) Army.
By order of conference, that means his Top 16 has B1G, B1G, ACC, SEC, B1G, SEC, B1G, SEC, Big 12, Independent, SEC, SEC, ACC, Big 12, MWC, and American. That's a total of 5 from the SEC, 4 from the B1G, 2 apiece from the ACC and Big 12, and 1 each from the Independents, Mountain West and American.
| Rank | Team | Pts. | 1st | LW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oregon (9-0) | 861 | 51 | 1 |
| 2. | Georgia (7-1) | 779 | 3 | 2 |
| 3. | Ohio State (7-1) | 759 | 4 | |
| 4. | Miami-FL (9-0) | 698 | 5 | |
| 5. | Texas (7-1) | 645 | 6 | |
| 6. | Penn State (7-1) | 520 | 3 | |
| 7. | Tennessee (7-1) | 512 | 7 | |
| 8. | Indiana (9-0) | 482 | 12 | |
| 9. | Notre Dame (7-1) | 428 | 10 | |
| 10. | BYU (8-0) | 415 | 11 | |
| 11. | Alabama (6-2) | 316 | 14 | |
| 12. | SMU (8-1) | 187 | N/A | |
| 13. | Boise State (7-1) | 174 | N/A | |
| 14. | Ole Miss (7-2) | 156 | N/A | |
| 15. | Texas A&M (7-2) | 131 | 9 | |
| 16. | LSU (6-2) | 113 | 16 |
Iowa State (75), Clemson (36), Army West Point (24), Pittsburgh (9), Iowa (6), Colorado (5), Washington State (4), Kansas State (3), South Carolina (3), Florida (2), Louisville (1).
Maryland at No. 1 Oregon
No. 2 Georgia at No. 14 Ole Miss
Purdue at No. 3 Ohio State
No. 4 Miami at Georgia Tech
Florida at No. 5 Texas
Washington at No. 6 Penn State
Mississippi State at No. 7 Tennessee
Michigan at No. 8 Indiana
Florida State at No. 9 Notre Dame
No. 10 BYU at Utah
No. 11 Alabama at No. 16 LSU
No. 12 SMU is idle
Nevada at No. 13 Boise State
No. 15 Texas A&M is idle
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