TEAM	POINTS	FIRST-PLACE VOTES	LAST WEEK'S RANK
1.	Clemson	722	33	N/A
2.	Alabama	692	10	N/A
3.	Georgia	629	1	N/A
4.	Oklahoma	573		N/A
5.	Ohio State	527		N/A
6.	LSU	492	2	N/A
7.	Michigan	450		N/A
8.	Notre Dame	372		N/A
9.	Texas	355		N/A
10.	Florida	320		N/A
11.	Oregon	225		N/A
12.	Texas A&M	203		N/A
13.	Washington	153		N/A
14.	Utah	137		N/A
15.	Penn State	109		N/A
16.	Auburn	99		N/A

 
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: UCF (42), Michigan State (32), Nebraska (19), Wisconsin (14), Washington State (13), Stanford (11), Iowa State (10), Syracuse (10), Iowa (8), Northwestern (5), Missouri (5), Cincinnati (5), Army West Point (5), Boise State (4), Miami, FL (4), TCU (3), Virginia Tech (3), Kentucky (2), Memphis (2), Mississippi State (1).

NOTES: 

Pollsters in the 2019  FWAA-NFF Super 16 Pre-Season Poll are looking at  Clemson and Alabama as the top two teams in college football in the same order as they finished last January in the CFP  National Championship Game. The Defending National Champion Tigers received 33 of 46 first-place votes and outdistanced No. 2 Alabama by 30 points. Clemson received 722 votes to Alabama's 692 points and 10 first-place votes. LSU had two first-place votes and Georgia one from the 46 voters.  The top two teams were followed  by Georgia in the third spot, Oklahoma No. 4 and Ohio State No. 5.  The Southeastern Conference had six teams in the  poll, the Big Ten and Pac-12 three each, the Big 12 two, the Atlantic Coast Conference one and Independents one.

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 2019 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 program designed by Sports Systems to compile the rankings.

ABOUT THE FWAA: The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,300 men and women who cover college football. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include gameday operations, major awards and its annual All-America team. For more information visit www.footballwriters.com.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: Founded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame is a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. Learn more at www.footballfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @NFFNetwork.