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College football rankings: 3 B1G teams ranked in Super 16 entering Week 6
By Andrew Olson
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The 2022 college football season is marching into Week 6 and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the National Football Foundation (NFF) has updated their Super 16 poll.
The Big Ten has 3 teams in the latest poll. Ohio State is at No. 3, behind Alabama and Georgia. The Buckeyes received more first-place votes than the No. 1 Crimson Tide, but Alabama had more total points in this round of voting.
Michigan moved down from No. 4 to No. 5 while Penn State moved up from No. 10 to No. 9.
| RANK | TEAM | POINTS | FIRST-PLACE VOTES | LAST WEEK |
| 1. | Alabama (5-0) | 790 | 15 | 2 |
| 2. | Georgia (5-0) | 781 | 21 | 1 |
| 3. | Ohio State (5-0) | 762 | 16 | 3 |
| 4. | Clemson (5-0) | 640 | 5 | |
| 5. | Michigan (5-0) | 638 | 4 | |
| 6. | Oklahoma State (4-0) | 521 | 8 | |
| 7. | USC (5-0) | 519 | 6 | |
| 8. | Tennessee (4-0) | 424 | 7 | |
| 9. | Penn State (5-0) | 390 | 10 | |
| 10. | Ole Miss (5-0) | 381 | 14 | |
| 11. | Utah (4-1) | 235 | 12 | |
| 12. | Oregon (4-1) | 216 | 15 | |
| 13. | TCU (4-0) | 132 | N/A | |
| 14. | UCLA (5-0) | 122 | N/A | |
| 15. | Kentucky (4-1) | 117 | 9 | |
| 16. | Kansas (5-0) | 92 | N/A |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Wake Forest (75), NC State (58), Kansas State (39), BYU (37), Baylor (18), Mississippi State (15), Washington (13), South Carolina (12), LSU (10), Texas (10), Syracuse (6), Oklahoma (5), Cincinnati (4), Florida State (3), Arkansas (3), Miami, FL (2), Florida (2).
The Super 16 pollsters, a mix of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers, were selected to create a balanced-geographical perspective. We’ll see how the rankings look after Week 6’s games, including Ohio State-Michigan State and Michigan-Indiana.
A former Florida beat reporter, Andrew writes for the Saturday Tradition News Desk.