Top 5 Unchanged in Super 16 Poll

October 29, 2018 by Courtesy NFF

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

Alabama remains No. 1, and the top 5 are all unchanged, in the new FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll released today. The poll, which is voted on by a panel of football writers and college football Hall Of Fame members, dropped Texas from 6 to 15 after the loss to Oklahoma State.

The Crimson Tide was idle over the weekend.

Clemson, which mauled Florida State 59-10,  is still 2nd. The Tigers are once again followed by Notre Dame, LSU and Michigan. Last week's 7-through-9 teams (Georgia, Oklahoma and Ohio State) all slide up a notch while Washington State jumps from 14 to 10.

Games This Week

Every ranked team will see action this week. No. 1 Alabama at No. 4 LSU, No. 2 Clemson vs. Louisville, No. 3 Notre Dame at Northwestern, No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 13 Penn State, No. 6 Georgia at No. 11 Kentucky, No. 7 Oklahoma at Texas Tech, No. 8 Ohio State vs. Nebraska,  No. 9 UCF vs. Temple, No. 10 Washington State vs. Cal, No. 12 West Virginia at No. 15 Texas, No. 14 Florida vs. Missouri, No. 16 Utah at Arizona State.

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. Kentucky (5)
6. Ohio State (6)
7. LSU (8)
8. Georgia (9)
9. Oklahoma (10)
10. Washington State (11)
11. UCF (13)
12. Penn State (NR)
13. West Virginia (NR)
14. Utah (NR)
15. Fresno State (16)
16. Boston College (NR)
Last week he had Florida at 7, Washington at 12, Texas at 14 and Iowa at 15. All 4 lost this past weekend and were dropped from his ballot.

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 October 27, 2018)

Others receiving votes:

Houston (19), Iowa (13), Washington (9), Fresno State (8), Mississippi State (7), Utah State (7), Texas A&M (5), Michigan State (3), Stanford (3), Syracuse (2), Boston College (2), Iowa State (1), UAB (1).