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Posted: Sunday October 4, 2009 3:37PM; Updated: Sunday October 4, 2009 3:52PM

SI's Top 16 and Playoff Bracket

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Each week during the season 14 college football writers, editors and producers at SI and SI.com will each vote for 16 teams that deserve berths in the playoff bracket with points assigned to their rankings (16 points for No. 1, 15 for No. 2, etc.). The vote totals form the 16 seeds in the bracket.

This Week's Top 16
Rank Team Points
1 Alabama 211
2 Florida 209
3 Texas 198
4 LSU 174
5 Virginia Tech 151
6 Boise State 140)
7 USC 137
8 Cincinnati 136
9 TCU 97
10 Ohio State 96
11 Miami 93
12 Iowa 67
13 Oregon 62
14 Auburn 50
15 Oklahoma St. 14
16 Nebraska 12
Also receiving points: BYU (11), Oklahoma (8), South Carolina (6), Kansas (6), South Florida (5), Houston (4), Georgia Tech (5), Missouri (5), Penn State (3), Notre Dame (2), Wisconsin (2) Breakdown by conference: SEC (Alabama, Florida, LSU, Auburn); Big 12 (Texas, Oklahoma State, Nebraska); ACC (Virginia Tech, Miami); Big 10 (Ohio State, Iowa); Pac 10 (USC, Oregon); Big East (Cincinnati); WAC (Boise State); Mountain West (TCU)

The panel of voters includes Sports Illustrated Group Editor Terry McDonell; senior editor Mark Godich; SI.com assistant managing editor BJ Schecter; SI senior writers Austin Murphy and Phil Taylor; SI.com senior writer Stewart Mandel; SI associate editor Gene Menez; SI staff writers Mark Beech and Albert Chen; SI.com staff writer Andy Staples; SI reporter Pablo Torre; SI.com senior producers Cory McCartney and Bill Trocchi; and SI.com associate producer Mallory Rubin.

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