Several of the most respected voices in college football will rank the top teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision weekly during the 2017 season.
IRVING, Texas (Aug. 15, 2017) – The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today that they will partner for the fourth consecutive year to conduct The FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll, the organizations’ weekly major-college football poll.
The results will be released by 11:30 a.m. ET each Sunday of the 2017 regular season, and the plans include a preseason poll on Aug. 22. The first poll of the regular season will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 5, to account for the games that will be played on Labor Day. The final poll will be released Dec. 3, the day after the conference championship games.
“We are proud to continue our partnership with the FWAA on the Super 16 Poll,” said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. “We received lots of positive feedback during the past three seasons from fans on how much they enjoyed the poll. We believe that our voters offer an extremely credible set of opinions, and we hope that the combined respect of both our organizations will continue to provide a compelling reference point for fans to follow during the season.”
The voters in the poll consist of FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers. The poll aims to draw on the vast knowledge of the nation’s top journalists with extensive experience covering college football in combination with some of the greatest legends to have ever played or coached the game.
“We are extremely excited to continue the Super 16 Poll and partner with the National Football Foundation,” said 2017 FWAA President David Jones, a voter in the poll. “We have had a great experience with the poll, and we look forward to extending it for another year. Our poll includes some of the most knowledgeable and objective college football minds in the country, and we believe it has developed into a compelling instrument for ranking the best teams in the country.”
The decision to conduct the poll was made by the boards of both organizations at the conclusion of the 2013 season and the end of the Bowl Championship Series, building on a relationship that stretches back to the 1940s when both groups were founded. The 2017 poll will tally the votes of 46 individuals (36 from the FWAA and 10 Hall of Famers) on a weekly basis, ranking the top 16 teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. Click here for an archive of previous year’s rankings.
The names and affiliations of the 2017 voters are listed below, and their individual rankings will again be made public each week during the season. The FWAA voters, all current or past writers of national stature, are selected to ensure balanced-geographical representation. The NFF voters, comprised of Hall of Fame players and coaches, also add to the diversity of perspectives, coming from different conferences and regions of the country.
2017 FWAA-NFF Super 16 Voters
| Mark Anderson | Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| Kevin Armstrong | New York Daily News |
| Nicole Auerbach | The All-American |
| Lee Barfknecht | Omaha World-Herald |
| Zach Barnett | FootballScoop.com |
| Tony Barnhart | GridironNow.com |
| Mark Blaudschun | TMG Sports |
| Chip Brown | Scout.com/Horns Digest |
| Jon Finkel | Beckett Media |
| Bryan Fischer | Freelance |
| Pete Fiutak | CollegeFootballNews.com/Campus Insiders |
| Matt Fortuna | The All-American |
| Tommie Frazier | 2013 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Nebraska |
| Teddy Greenstein | Chicago Tribune |
| Andrew Greif | The Oregonian |
| Mike Griffith | AJC – SEC Country |
| Wally Hall | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |
| Dan Harralson | Saturday Down South |
| Tommy Hicks | Freelance |
| Ron Higgins | NoLa.com/The Times Picayune |
| Johnnie Johnson | 2007 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Texas |
| Dave Jones | PA Media Group |
| Cody Kellner | Cody Kellner Points Index |
| Blair Kerkhoff | Kansas City Star |
| Rachel Lenzi | Land of 10 |
| Stefanie Loh | Seattle Times |
| Kelly Lyell | Fort Collins Coloradoan |
| Kevin McGuire | NBC Sports College Football Talk |
| Don McPherson | 2008 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Syracuse |
| Chet Moeller | 2010 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Navy |
| Matt Murschel | Orlando Sentinel |
| Michael Payton | 2015 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Marshall |
| Randy Peterson | Des Moines Register |
| Bill Royce | 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Ashland (Ohio) |
| Barrett Sallee | CBSSports.com |
| Pete Scantlebury | Cox Media Group |
| Dan Sileo | Mighty 1090 Radio |
| R.C. Slocum | 2012 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Texas A&M coach |
| Phil Steele | Phil Steele Publications |
| Patrick Stevens | D1scourse.com |
| David Teel | Newport News Daily Press |
| John Wagner | Toledo Blade |
| Wesley Walls | 2014 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Ole Miss |
| Dick Weiss | Blue Star Media |
| Reggie Williams | 2007 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Dartmouth |
| Scott Woerner | 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class – Georgia |
2017 FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll Release Schedule
Aug. 22 Preseason Rankings
Sept. 5 Week 1 Rankings
Sept. 10 Week 2 Rankings
Sept. 17 Week 3 Rankings
Sept. 24 Week 4 Rankings
Oct. 1 Week 5 Rankings
Oct. 8 Week 6 Rankings
Oct. 15 Week 7 Rankings
Oct. 22 Week 8 Rankings
Oct. 29 Week 9 Rankings
Nov. 5 Week 10 Rankings
Nov. 12 Week 11 Rankings
Nov. 19 Week 12 Rankings
Nov. 26 Week 13 Rankings
Dec. 3 Final Rankings
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