Four SEC teams are featured in the latest “Super 16,” the weekly poll put out by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the National Football Foundation (NFF).
In the Week 6 poll, released Sunday, Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky remain ranked. Arkansas was ranked in Week 5 but fell out of the poll after losing to Ole Miss. The Rebels, who were dropped last week after their loss to Alabama, are back in the rankings at No. 13.
After suffering its first loss of the 2021 season, Alabama dropped out of the top spot in the poll for the first time this season. The Crimson Tide, which fell to No. 5, was replaced at No. 1 by fellow SEC member Georgia. The Bulldogs defeated Auburn on Saturday and picked up 51-of-52 first-place votes. Iowa received one first-place vote.
The Big Ten led all conferences with 5 teams in the poll, all of whom ranked in the Top 10. The SEC has 4 teams, and the Big 12 2 teams, the ACC, American, Independents, Pac-12 and Sun Belt had one team each.
| TEAM | POINTS | FIRST-PLACE VOTES | LAST WEEK’S RANK | |
| 1. | Georgia (6-0) | 831 | 51 | 2 |
| 2. | Iowa (6-0) | 754 | 1 | 3 |
| 3. | Cincinnati (5-0) | 676 | 5 | |
| 4. | Oklahoma (6-0) | 661 | 6 | |
| 5. | Alabama (5-1) | 624 | 1 | |
| 6. | Ohio State (5-1) | 546 | 8 | |
| 7. | Michigan (6-0) | 495 | 7 | |
| 8. | Penn State (5-1) | 452 | 4 | |
| 9. | Kentucky (6-0) | 373 | 12 | |
| 10. | Michigan State (6-0) | 367 | 11 | |
| 11. | Oregon (4-1) | 352 | 9 | |
| 12. | Oklahoma State (5-0) | 224 | 13 | |
| 13. | Ole Miss (4-1) | 172 | N/A | |
| 14. | Notre Dame (5-1) | 168 | 14 | |
| 15. | Coastal Carolina (6-0) | 124 | 16 | |
| 16. | Wake Forest (6-0) | 65 | N/A |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
Florida (49), Texas A&M (42), Arizona State (36), Arkansas (29), SMU (11), BYU (8), Fresno State (3), Texas (3), NC State (2), San Diego State (2), Clemson (2), Baylor (1).
The FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll was established at the conclusion of the 2013 season. Voters rank the top 16 teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, and the results are released on Sundays during the college football season. The pollsters consist of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers. The FWAA-NFF boasts a “balanced-geographical perspective” for the Super 16.
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