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Posted: Sunday October 18, 2009 4:24PM; Updated: Sunday October 18, 2009 4:43PM

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 223
2 Florida 206
3 Texas 199
4 USC 169
5 Cincinnati 165
6 Boise State 137
7 Iowa 135
8 Miami 121
9 LSU 109
10 TCU 105
11 Oregon 100
12 Georgia Tech 67
13 Penn State 59
14 Oklahoma State 32
15 Virginia Tech 32
16 BYU 28
Also receiving points: Houston (12), Pittsburgh (3), Ohio State (1), Notre Dame (1)
*Oklahoma State is seeded ahead of Virginia Tech because they appeared on the most ballots (12) (Virginia Tech appeared on nine ballots)
Breakdown by conference: ACC (Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Miami); SEC (Alabama, Florida, LSU); Big 12 (Texas, Oklahoma State); Big Ten (Iowa, Penn State); Pac-10 (USC, Oregon); Big East (Cincinnati); WAC (Boise State); MWC (TCU and BYU)

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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