DALLAS (FWAA) – The top eight teams in the FWAA's Grantland Rice
Super 16 Poll remained the same, including the unbeaten Oklahoma Sooners, who continued to receive each of
the poll's 16 first-place votes. The Sooners cruised past Baylor, 41-3, to reach 11-0 with one
regular-season game left at Texas Tech this weekend.
Three of the nation's one-loss teams – USC, LSU and Ohio State – are 2-3-4 in the poll with
Michigan looming at No. 5 with a home date vs. Ohio State this weekend. USC and LSU still each have a pair
of regular-season games remaining.
TCU, the only other team without a loss, dropped a spot to No. 10 as Tennessee vaulted past the Horned
Frogs to No. 9.
Kansas State, which ended a losing streak at Nebraska dating back to 1968, earned the FWAA's National
Team of the Week with its 38-9 win over the Huskers in Lincoln. Other teams nominated for the team of the
week included Ohio State, Penn State, Vanderbilt, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
• Click here to see how and why each pollster voted
The complete poll for the week of Nov. 17 is as follows:
Rank |
School |
W-L |
Pts. |
LW |
Next Game |
1. |
Oklahoma [16] |
11-0 |
256 |
1 |
Nov. 22 at Texas Tech |
2. |
USC |
9-1 |
236 |
2 |
Nov. 22 at UCLA |
3. |
LSU |
9-1 |
225 |
3 |
Nov. 22 at Ole Miss |
4. |
Ohio State |
10-1 |
205 |
4 |
Nov. 22 at Michigan |
5. |
Michigan |
9-2 |
180 |
5 |
Nov. 22 vs. Ohio State |
6. |
Georgia |
8-2 |
170 |
6 |
Nov. 22 vs. Kentucky |
7. |
Texas |
9-2 |
142 |
7 |
Nov. 28 at Texas A&M |
8. |
Washington State |
9-2 |
123 |
8 |
Nov. 22 at Washington |
9. |
Tennessee |
8-2 |
115 |
10 |
Nov. 22 vs. Vanderbilt |
10. |
TCU |
9-0 |
104 |
9 |
Nov. 20 at Southern Miss |
11. |
Florida State |
9-2 |
96 |
13 |
Nov. 29 at Florida |
12. |
Virginia Tech |
8-2 |
73 |
11 |
Nov. 22 vs. Boston College |
13. |
Miami |
8-2 |
69 |
14 |
Nov. 22 vs Rutgers |
14. |
Ole Miss |
8-2 |
68 |
- |
Nov. 22 vs. LSU |
15. |
Florida |
8-3 |
56 |
16 |
Nov. 29 vs. Florida State |
16. |
Purdue |
8-3 |
22 |
12 |
Nov. 22 at Indiana |
Also receiving votes: Miami (Ohio) 12, Boise State 8, Iowa 8, Kansas State 7, West Virginia 1. |
By conference: SEC (5), Big Ten (3), Big East (2), Big 12 (2), Pac-10 (2), ACC (1), Conference USA (1). |
Dropped out: Pittsburgh (15). |
The FWAA/Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll, which has made its debut last season, will decide the winner
of the Grantland Rice Trophy, the FWAA's national championship award presented since 1954. The
presentation will be made on Mon., Jan. 5 in New Orleans following the Nokia Sugar Bowl.
For further information contact Steve Richardson, Executive Director of the FWAA (972-713-6198,
tiger@sportswriters.net) or Ted Gangi, FWAA webmaster
(214-823-7992, webmaster@sportswriters.net).
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