College football rankings: 3 B1G teams featured in Super 16 after Week 4
College football rankings everywhere feature familiar faces at the top.
After Week 4, the latest Super 16 poll from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the National Football Foundation (NFF) has Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State in the top 3 spots.
Georgia, the defending national champ, has been No. 1 for a couple of weeks. The Bulldogs, though, only won 39-22 over Kent State in Week 4. As a result, Ohio State and Alabama have peeled off a few of the first-place votes in the poll.
Michigan is No. 4 in the poll. Penn State at No. 10 gives the Big Ten its third Super 16 team. Minnesota is just outside the rankings, but next in line. We’ll see if the Gophers can crack the Super 16 soon.
Here’s the full poll following Week 4:
TEAM | POINTS | FIRST-PLACE VOTES | LAST WEEK’S RANK | |
1. | Georgia (4-0) | 814 | 38 | 1 |
2. | Alabama (4-0) | 765 | 5 | 2 |
3. | Ohio State (4-0) | 756 | 9 | 3 |
4. | Michigan (4-0) | 645 | 4 | |
5. | Clemson (4-0) | 604 | 6 | |
6. | USC (4-0) | 545 | 7 | |
7. | Tennessee (4-0) | 449 | 11 | |
8. | Oklahoma State (3-0) | 412 | 8 | |
9. | Kentucky (4-0) | 405 | 9 | |
10. | Penn State (4-0) | 337 | 12 | |
11. | NC State (4-0) | 269 | 13 | |
12. | Utah (3-1) | 172 | 14 | |
13. | Washington (4-0) | 164 | 16 | |
14. | Ole Miss (4-0) | 153 | 15 | |
15. | Oregon (3-1) | 105 | N/A | |
16. | Oklahoma (3-1) | 93 | 5 |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Minnesota (80), Baylor (73), Florida State (49), Texas A&M (45), Arkansas (34), Kansas (23), BYU (17), Kansas State (13), Wake Forest (12), TCU (10), Texas (6), Florida (5), UCLA (5), Notre Dame (4), Pittsburgh (3), Cincinnati (2), Texas Tech (1), James Madison (1), LSU (1).
The Super 16 pollsters, a mix of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers, were selected to create a balanced-geographical perspective.