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Georgia is still a consensus No. 1 in the FWAA/NFF Super 16 College Football Poll, released Sunday as the Bulldogs collected all 52 first-place votes for a fifth consecutive week. Alabama remains in second, but Oklahoma and Cincinnati switched places at 3rd and 4th with the Sooners jumping the Bearcats.
A panel of 52 FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers vote in the poll. Voters were selected to create a balanced geographical perspective and include CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove.
Michigan State's first loss of the season occurred at Purdue on Saturday and dropped the Spartans from 5th to 8th.
Another undefeated team, Wake Forest, lost at North Carolina and fell four spots to No. 13. Baylor and Auburn both lost road games and dropped out of the poll and were replaced by BYU and Iowa.
Ohio State slid into the vacated 5 hole while Oregon inched up from 7th to 6th, and Notre Dame advanced from 8th to 7th.
Michigan checks in at No. 9 and Oklahoma State rounds out the top ten.
On Tuesday evening, the College Football Playoff Committee will release its second set of rankings for the 2021 season.
The Big Ten and SEC led all conferences with four teams each. The Big 12 and Independents had two teams each in the poll. The American, ACC, Conference USA and Pac-12 had one each.
Congrove's ballot this week: 1) Georgia, 2) Oklahoma 3) Cincinnati, 4) Ohio State 5) Notre Dame, 6) Alabama, 7) Oregon, 8) Oklahoma State, 9) Michigan State 10) Michigan, 11) Wake Forest, 12) Texas A&M, 13) UTSA, 14) Houston 15) Louisiana, 16) NC State.
| Team | Points | 1st | LW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Georgia (9-0) | 832 | 52 | 1 |
| 2. | Alabama (8-1) | 731 | -- | 2 |
| 3. | Oklahoma (9-0) | 681 | -- | 4 |
| 4. | Cincinnati (9-0) | 659 | -- | 3 |
| 5. | Ohio State (8-1) | 640 | -- | 6 |
| 6. | Oregon (8-1) | 634 | -- | 7 |
| 7. | Notre Dame (8-1) | 463 | -- | 8 |
| 8. | Michigan State (8-1) | 440 | -- | 5 |
| 9. | Michigan (8-1) | 427 | -- | 10 |
| 10. | Oklahoma State (8-1) | 398 | -- | 11 |
| 11. | Texas A&M (7-2) | 353 | -- | 12 |
| 12. | Ole Miss (7-2) | 204 | -- | 15 |
| 13. | Wake Forest (8-1) | 168 | -- | 9 |
| 14. | BYU (8-2) | 104 | -- | -- |
| 15. | UTSA (9-0) | 80 | -- | 16 |
| 16. | Iowa (7-2) | 44 | -- | -- |
Baylor (39), Auburn (35), Houston (25), NC State (22), Wisconsin (22), Pittsburgh (21), Purdue (15), Coastal Carolina (10), Utah (7), Penn State (6), Louisiana (4), Arkansas (4), SMU (3), San Diego State (1).
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