SEC lands 3 teams in FWAA-NFF preseason Super 16 rankings
By Keith Farner
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As expected, the SEC landed 3 teams in the preseason Football Writers Association-National Football Foundation preseason poll, with Alabama at the top fueled by 42 first-place votes.
Georgia checked in at No. 3 with 4 first-place votes, while Texas A&M landed at No. 8. Interestingly enough, the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC had 3 teams each, which meant that Power 5 conferences had equal representation for the first time in the history of the poll which started in 2014.
This is Alabama’s 59th appearance as the No. 1 team in this poll since 2014. The Crimson Tide leads all schools for appearances at No. 1 and is the only team to appear in each of the 105 weekly rankings since 2014.
The eventual national champion has been ranked in the top six of the preseason poll six times since 2015. Alabama in 2017 is the only national champion to start the season ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll.
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A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
