Oregon, Ohio State, Texas & Indiana Top Week 12 FWAA-NFF Super 16

2024 Week 12 (Nov. 17) FWAA-NFF Super 16 Rankings (PDF)

2024 Week 12 (Nov. 17) FWAA-NFF Super 16 Individual Ballots (PDF)

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Oregon picked up 52 of 54 first-place votes and remained No. 1 for the fifth consecutive week after a three-point win at Wisconsin. The Ducks are the first team outside of the SEC since Clemson in 2019 to hold the No. 1 spot in the poll for five consecutive weeks.

The No. 2 through No. 4 spots remain unchanged after Week 12.

Tennessee fell six slots to No. 11 after suffering a 17-31 loss at Georgia. The Bulldogs advanced three spots to No. 8 by virtue of the win against the Volunteers.

BYU dropped seven spots to No. 14 after a four-point loss against Kansas at home.

Clemson fell out of the poll despite a 24-20 victory at Pittsburgh in Week 12 and Colorado joined the poll for the first time this season after defeating Utah 49-24 at home. The No. 16 ranking for Colorado marks the first appearance in the poll for the Buffaloes since claiming the No. 15 spot on Sept. 17, 2023.

The SEC leads all conferences with six teams. The Big Ten has four, followed by the ACC and Big 12 with two each. The Mountain West Conference and FBS Independents have one each.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

No. 1 Oregon is idle

No. 4 Indiana at No. 2 Ohio State

Kentucky at No. 3 Texas

No. 5 Penn State at Minnesota

No. 6 Alabama at Oklahoma

No. 7 Notre Dame vs. Army (Yankee Stadium)

UMass at No. 8 Georgia

No. 9 Ole Miss at Florida

Wake Forest at No. 10 Miami (FL)

UTEP at No. 11 Tennessee

No. 12 SMU at Virginia

No. 13 Boise State at Wyoming

No. 14 BYU at Arizona State

No. 15 Texas A&M at Auburn

No. 16 Colorado at Kansas

The FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll was established at the conclusion of the 2013 season by long-time partners, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the National Football Foundation (NFF). Voters rank the top 16 teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, and the results will be released every Sunday of the 2024 season; the individual votes of all members will also be made public. The first regular season poll will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 3 (to account for Labor Day games), and the final poll will be released Sunday, Dec. 8. The pollsters consist of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers who were selected to create a balanced-geographical perspective. The poll utilizes a computer program designed by Sports Systems, a TicketManager company, to compile the rankings and the Cody Kellner Points Index to publish the individual votes.