College Football Rankings 2018: FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll, Preseason

The college football season is just around the corner, so the Football Writers Association of America and National Football Foundation have teamed up to release their FWAA-NFF Super 16 poll for the upcoming year. As you may have expected, defending national champion Alabama is the No. 1 team in the nation with an overwhelming number of first-place votes.
Rounding out the top five is Clemson, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Washington. Clemson and Georgia are the only two teams to receive first-place votes.
The Big Ten leads all conferences with five teams in the Preseason Super 16 Poll. The Pac-12 and SEC each have three while the ACC and Big 12 have two each. Notre Dame represents the lone independent.
The full FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll can be seen below.

1. Alabama (36)
2. Clemson (14)
3. Georgia (1)
4. Wisconsin
5. Washington
6. Ohio State
7. Oklahoma
8. Miami
9. Auburn
10. Penn State
11. Michigan State
12. Notre Dame
13. Michigan
14. Stanford
15. USC
16. TCU

Others receiving votes: West Virginia, Florida State, Mississippi State, Virginia Tech, Texas, UCF, Boise State, Florida, LSU, Louisville, South Carolina, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, North Carolina State, Utah, San Diego State, Oregon, Boston College