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Super 16 Poll: Wisconsin Jumps From 13th to 8th

September 22, 2019 by Courtesy FWAA

The top four teams in the poll remained the same for the third straight week in the new FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll released today. The poll is voted on by a panel of football writers and college football Hall Of Fame members.

Clemson leads the way with 33 first-place votes (down 1 froma week ago), No. 2 Alabama had nine (up 1 from last week), No. 3 Georgia had one and No. 4 LSU three. Visit the online casino.

No. 5 Ohio State exchanged places with No. 6 Oklahoma, which was idle, and dropped one spot.

After beating Michigan decisively in Madison, Wisconsin jumped from No. 13 to No. 8.

Georgia's home victory over Notre Dame dropped the Irish from seventh to No. 11. But three teams after losses dropped entirely out of the poll: Utah, Michigan and Central Florida. They were replaced by unbeatens Iowa, California and Boise State, all in the poll for the first time this year. Looking for soccer betting?

The SEC led all conferences with five teams, followed by the Big Ten with four and the Big 12 and Pac-12 two each. The ACC, Mountain West and Independents had one each.

Congrove's Ballot

NOTE: CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove is among the voters. His ballot this week was submitted as follows (last week's rank in parenthesis).
1. LSU (1)
2. Clemson (2)
3. Alabama (3)
4. Ohio State (4)
5. Oklahoma (5)
6. Georgia (6)
7. Wisconsin (13)
8. Auburn (9)
9. Texas (15)
10. Oregon (12)
11. Florida (14)
12. Notre Dame (11)
13. Washington (NR)
14. Utah (10)
15. Washington State (8)
16. Michigan (7)
DROPPED OUT: UCF (16)

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 Sunday of the 2019 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 September 21, 2019)

  Team Points 1st LW
1. Clemson (4-0) 718 33 1
2. Alabama (4-0) 687 9 2
3. Georgia (4-0) 617 1 3
4. LSU (4-0) 610 3 4
5. Ohio State (4-0) 549 --- 6
6. Oklahoma (3-0) 531 --- 5
7. Auburn (4-0) 444 --- 8
8. Wisconsin (3-0) 396 --- 13
9. Florida (4-0) 325 --- 11
10. Texas (3-1) 305 --- 9
11. Notre Dame (2-1) 289 --- 7
12. Oregon (3-1) 224 --- 16
13. Penn State (3-0) 215 --- 14
14. Iowa (3-0) 85 --- NR
15. California (4-0) 72 --- NR
16. Boise State (4-0) 55 --- NR

Others receiving votes:

Washington (48), Utah (21), Washington State (17), Texas A&M (15), USC (10), Michigan (9), Virginia (5), UCF (3), Kansas State (3), Wake Forest (1), Army West Point (1), UAB (1).