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Posted: Sunday November 15, 2009 3:19PM; Updated: Sunday November 15, 2009 3:19PM

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 210
2 Texas* 209
3 Alabama 209
4 TCU 179
5 Cincinnati 169
6 Boise State 154
7 Georgia Tech 142
8 Pittsburgh 117
9 LSU 104
10 Ohio State 103
11 Oregon 89
12 Stanford 50
13 Oklahoma State 49
14 Iowa 36
15 Wisconsin 25
16 Penn State 18
Also receiving votes (with point totals): Virginia Tech (17), Clemson (12), BYU (5), Arizona (4), Oregon State (3).
* - Texas is seeded ahead of Alabama because, although both teams had a highest seed received of No. 1, Texas was seeded No. 1 on more ballots (five) than Alabama (three).

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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