College Football: FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll - Week 3

 

In the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll for Week 3 of the 2024 college football season, Texas took the top spot for the first time in the poll's history.

Texas rolled to a 56-7 victory over UTSA when quarterback Arch Manning took over after Quinn Ewers left with an injury. 

Texas took 26 first-place points to 24 for prior No. 1 Georgia, who survived a tight battle with unranked Kentucky, 13-12. 

Despite the change at the top, an SEC team has been ranked No. 1 in the poll in 59 of the past 60 weeks, dating back to September 29, 2019.

Ohio State, who had a bye, came in at No. 3, followed by Alabama, Ole Miss, and Tennessee. Five of the top six teams came from the SEC, except for Ohio State, a member of the Big Ten. Alabama dominated Wisconsin, 42-10, while Ole Miss beat Wake Forest, 40-6, and Tennessee shutout Kent State, 71-0.

There was a big change at the bottom of the poll, as LSU, who won at South Carolina, 36-33, took No. 16 from defending National Champion Michigan, who beat Arkansas State, 28-18, at home.

FWAA-NFF SUPER 16 POLL - WEEK 3:

RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:

1. Texas - 3-0 - 828 - 26

2. Georgia - 3-0 - 817 - 24

3. Ohio State 2-0 - 755 - 4

4. Alabama - 3-0 - 693

5. Ole Miss - 3-0 - 601

6. Tennessee - 3-0 - 549

7. Miami, FL - 3-0 - 476

8. Oregon - 3-0 - 469

9. Penn State - 2-0 - 427

10. USC - 2-0 - 412

11. Missouri - 3-0 - 405

12. Utah - 3-0 - 271

13. Oklahoma - 3-0 - 166

14. Kansas State - 3-0 - 164

15. Oklahmoma State - 3-0 - 150

16. LSU - 2-1 - 36

RECEIVING VOTES: Notre Dame (28), Michigan (23), Nebraska (21) Clemson (15), Iowa State (13), Louisville (9), Rutgers (8), Texas A&M (2), Northern Illinois (2), Washington State (2), Memphis (1), UCF (1).