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Posted: Sunday November 29, 2009 5:35PM; Updated: Sunday November 29, 2009 5:35PM

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 Record Last Week
1 Florida 220 12-0 3
2 Alabama 207 12-0 2
3 Texas 203 12-0 1
4 TCU 181 12-0 4
5 Cincinnati 166 12-0 5
6 Boise State 157 12-0 6
7 Oregon 133 10-2 10
8 Ohio State 131 9-2 9
9 Iowa 91 9-2 11
10 Penn State 77 10-2 13
11 Georgia Tech 74 10-3 7
12 Virginia Tech 66 9-3 14
13 Oregon State 47 10-2 16
14 Pittsburgh 43 9-2 8
15 LSU 35 9-3 NR
16 BYU 33 10-2 NR
Also receiving votes (with point totals): Miami (28), BYU (7), USC (3), Stanford (2), Cal (2), Houston (2), Arizona (1), Nebraska (1), Oklahoma State (1)

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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