OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
Notre Dame (28), Michigan (23), Nebraska (21), Clemson (15), Iowa State (13), Louisville (9), Rutgers (8), Texas A&M (2), Northern Illinois (2), Washington State (2), Memphis (1), UCF (1).
NOTES:
Texas ascended to the top ranking for the first time in the poll's history, partly as a result of previous No. 1 Georgia's narrow 13-12 victory over unranked Kentucky on Saturday night.
The Longhorns, despite losing starting quarterback Quinn Ewers to injury during the game, breezed to a 56-7 victory over UTSA when backup Arch Manning starred in UT's third straight victory.
In fact, no team in the Super 16 lost this past week. And 15 of the same 16 teams remained in the poll from a week ago. Only No. 16 Michigan fell out when it beat unranked Arkansas State by a 28-18 score. The Wolverines were replaced by LSU which barely survived at South Carolina, 36-33.
Georgia dropped from the top spot for the first time this season, but still had strong support in the No. 2 spot with 24 first-place votes to Texas (26). The Bulldogs remained ahead of No. 3 Ohio State, followed by Alabama, Ole Miss and Tennessee. Five of the first six teams were from the Southeastern Conference, with only the Buckeyes, the non-SEC team, in that group.
In all, the SEC had seven teams in the poll this week, including Missouri (No. 11) and LSU (No. 16). The Big Ten and Big 12 had four teams each and the ACC one.
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE:
ULM at No. 1 Texas
No. 2 Georgia is idle
Marshall at No. 3 Ohio State
No. 4 Alabama is idle
Georgia Southern at No. 5 Ole Miss
No. 6 Tennessee at No. 13 Oklahoma
No. 7 Miami, Fla. at South Florida
No. 8 Oregon is idle.
Kent State at No. 9 Penn State
No.10 USC at Michigan
Vanderbilt at No. 11 Missouri
No. 12 Utah at No. 15 Oklahoma State
No. 14 Kansas State at BYU
UCLA at No. 16 LSU
ABOUT THE FWAA-NFF SUPER 16 POLL: The FWAA-NFF Super 16 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 2024 season; the individual votes of all members will also be made public. The first regular season poll will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 3 (to account for Labor Day games), and the final poll will be released Sunday, Dec. 8. The pollsters consist of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers who were selected to create a balanced-geographical perspective. The poll utilizes a computer program designed by
Sports Systems to compile the rankings and the Cody Kellner Points Index to publish the individual votes.
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