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Sports Illustrated's College Football Playoff Bracket
November 01, 2009
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.
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November 01, 2009

SI's Top 16 and Playoff Bracket

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This Week's Top 16
Rank Team Points
1 Florida 217
2 Texas 208
3 Alabama 205
4 Cincinnati 169
5 TCU* 147
6 Oregon 147
7 Iowa** 146
8 Boise State 146
9 LSU 118
10 Georgia Tech 105
11 Penn State 80
12 USC 60
13 Pittsburgh 46
14 Houston 45
15 Ohio State 19
16 Utah 16
Also receiving votes: Miami (14), Oklahoma State (10), Arizona (3), Virginia Tech (3)
*TCU is seeded ahead of Oregon because, although both teams had a highest seed received of No. 4, TCU was seeded No. 4 on more ballots (three) than Oregon (one)
**Iowa is seeded ahead of Boise State because the highest seed they received (No. 4) is greater than Boise State's (No. 5)
Breakdown by conference: SEC (Florida, Alabama, LSU); Big Ten (Iowa, Penn State, Ohio State); Big East (Cincinnati, Pittsburgh); MWC (TCU, Utah); Pac-10 (Oregon, USC); Big 12 (Texas); WAC (Boise State); ACC (Georgia Tech); Conference USA (Houston)

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.

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