As a competition gun, the M14 and its modern day clones may have an edge. As a service rifle, which needs to combine speed of handling, reliability, and good ergonomics with minute of man kind of accuracy out to 400 or so meters . . . FAL is far superior.
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For what its worth, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta adopted the M1A platform as their official sniper rifle when they were first commissioned in 1979.
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They adopted M21s, not M1As, and this doesn't say too much, since in the early days Beckwith was notorious for scrounging up anything he could find cheap since they weren't the budgetary power house they are today.
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Last I knew, they were still using it.
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No. At least not as a standard sniping weapon.
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The FAL, to my knowledge, has never been employed as a sniper rifle. To me, this is a clue as to which is more accurate.
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Not relevant to discussions of a battle rifle. Sub-MOA performance isn't something Joe is going to need with his iron sights at battlefield ranges.