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College football rankings: SEC leads Super 16 with 5 teams after Week 8
By Andrew Olson
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Sunday is the day for rankings in the college football world. The Football Writers Association of America and the National Football Foundation revealed the latest Super 16 poll following Week 8’s results.
Georgia was off in Week 8, but no one was able to take the No. 1 ranking from the Bulldogs. The poll’s top 7 teams remained in the same spot, including Tennessee at No. 3 and Alabama at No. 6.
Ole Miss dropped from No. 8 to No. 14 after a blowout road loss to LSU. Speaking of LSU, the Tigers are No. 16 in the poll, giving the SEC a conference-leading 5 teams.
Here’s the full poll:
| TEAM | POINTS | FIRST-PLACE VOTES | LAST WEEK’S RANK | |
| 1. | Georgia (7-0) | 800 | 31 | 1 |
| 2. | Ohio State (7-0) | 784 | 15 | 2 |
| 3. | Tennessee (7-0) | 727 | 5 | 3 |
| 4. | Michigan (7-0) | 684 | 4 | |
| 5. | Clemson (8-0) | 612 | 1 | 5 |
| 6. | Alabama (7-1) | 576 | 6 | |
| 7. | TCU (7-0) | 528 | 7 | |
| 8. | Oregon (6-1) | 473 | 10 | |
| 9. | Oklahoma State (6-1) | 405 | 11 | |
| 10. | USC (6-1) | 300 | 12 | |
| 11. | Wake Forest (6-1) | 275 | 14 | |
| 12. | Penn State (6-1) | 203 | 16 | |
| 13. | UCLA (6-1) | 183 | 9 | |
| 14. | Ole Miss (7-1) | 153 | 8 | |
| 15. | Utah (5-2) | 136 | 15 | |
| 16. | LSU (6-2) | 76 | N/A |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Syracuse (64), Illinois (54), Florida State (8), Texas (7), Kentucky (7), Cincinnati (6), North Carolina (4), Tulane (4), Kansas State (3).
The Super 16 pollsters, a mix of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers, were selected to create a balanced-geographical perspective.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
