College football rankings: 3 B1G teams ranked in Super 16 entering Week 8
There are rankings debates everywhere you look in the college football world entering Week 8 of the 2022 season. The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the National Football Foundation (NFF) weighed in with the latest Super 16 poll.
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Georgia remains atop the poll at No. 1 after improving to 7-0. Ohio State is the highest-ranked B1G team at No. 2, with 14 first-place votes.
Michigan moved up a spot from No. 5 to No. 4 after defeating Penn State. The Nittany Lions dropped from No. 10 to No. 16 in the poll after falling to the Wolverines.
The SEC and Pac-12 lead all conferences with 4 teams each, followed by the Big Ten and ACC with 3 each while 2 teams from the Big 12 make the poll.
TEAM | POINTS | FIRST-PLACE VOTES | LAST WEEK’S RANK | |
1. | Georgia (7-0) | 799 | 31 | 1 |
2. | Ohio State (6-0) | 781 | 14 | 2 |
3. | Tennessee (6-0) | 718 | 6 | 6 |
4. | Michigan (7-0) | 690 | 5 | |
5. | Clemson (7-0) | 628 | 1 | 4 |
6. | Alabama (6-1) | 535 | 3 | |
7. | TCU (6-0) | 481 | 12 | |
8. | Ole Miss (7-0) | 476 | 9 | |
9. | UCLA (6-0) | 410 | 11 | |
10. | Oregon (5-1) | 326 | 13 | |
11. | Oklahoma State (5-1) | 268 | 8 | |
12. | USC (6-1) | 253 | 7 | |
13. | Syracuse (6-0) | 169 | N/A | |
14. | Wake Forest (5-1) | 161 | 14 | |
15. | Utah (5-2) | 140 | N/A | |
16. | Penn State (5-1) | 107 | 10 |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Kansas State (44), Kentucky (30), Illinois (25), Texas (14), Florida State (7), Mississippi State (4), Cincinnati (4), North Carolina (1), Arkansas (1).
The Super 16 pollsters, a mix of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers, were selected to create a balanced-geographical perspective.