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Posted: Sunday November 8, 2009 2:58PM; Updated: Sunday November 8, 2009 2:58PM

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 Florida 214
2 Texas 211
3 Alabama 205
4 Cincinnati 174
5 TCU 171
6 Boise State 156
7 Georgia Tech 141
8 LSU 97
9 Ohio State 96
10 Pittsburgh 95
11 Oregon 69
12 USC 64
13 Iowa 61
14 Houston 55
15 Utah 36
16 Miami 30
Also receiving votes (with point totals): Oklahoma St (14), Arizona (8), Virginia Tech (4), Penn State (3)
Broken down by conference: SEC (Florida, Alabama, LSU); ACC (Georgia Tech, Miami); The Big EAST (Cincinnati, Pittsburgh); The Big Ten (Iowa, Ohio St.); The Big 12 (Texas) Pac-10 (Oregon, USC); MWC (TCU, Utah); WAC (Boise St.); and Conference USA (Houston).

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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