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Ohio State Falls To No. 7 In AP and Coaches Polls

By November 28, 2021 (2:44 pm)Football

After 10 years, Ohio State finally lost to its archrival in The Game, falling to Michigan 42-37 in Ann Arbor on Nov. 27 and seeing its Big Ten Championship and College Football Playoff hopes dashed in the final week of the regular season.

The Buckeyes dropped to No. 7 in the AP and Coaches poll after Ryan Day suffered his first conference loss as the program’s head coach. Ohio State dropped four spots from their No. 2 and No. 3 overall rankings the team earned following its dominant win over Michigan State the week before.

Ohio State’s five-spot drop was its second-largest in the AP Poll this season, with the greatest being the six ranks the team fell after losing to Oregon on Sept. 11. However, the Buckeyes experienced their most significant move in the Coaches poll since Week 6 after a blowout victory over Rutgers that caused Ohio State to move up three spots.

Michigan is ahead of Ohio State for the first time since the week of the team’s 2018 matchup. The Wolverines entered that game at No. 4, while the Buckeyes claimed the 10th spot before then-quarterback Dwayne Haskins led his team to a 62-39 win in The Game.

In the polls, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, and Notre Dame also all moved up ahead of Ohio State. The Bearcats look poised to be the first Group of Five team to make the College Football Playoff with a win against No. 16 Houston the American Conference Championship. In contrast, Oklahoma State could make its first appearance in the CFP with a win over No. 9 Baylor in the Big 12 title game. The Fighting Irish are on the outside looking in with no conference championship and will need teams in front of them to lose if they want to compete for a national title.

COACHES POLL TOP 25

RANKTEAMRECORDPTS1ST VOTESPREVCHANGE
1GEORGIA12–01550621
2ALABAMA11–114402
3MICHIGAN11–114086+3
4CINCINNATI12–013994
5OKLAHOMA STATE11–112857+2
6NOTRE DAME11–112505-1
7OHIO STATE10–211333-4
8MISSISSIPPI10–210978
9BAYLOR10–2104610+1
10OREGON10–293211+1
11OKLAHOMA10–28519-2
12IOWA10–284512
13MICHIGAN STATE10–284013
14BRIGHAM YOUNG10–274115+1
15PITTSBURGH10–264017+2
16HOUSTON11–160716
17UTAH9–359619+2
18WAKE FOREST10–253121+3
19SAN DIEGO STATE11–139622+3
20NC STATE9–333424+4
21UL LAFAYETTE11–126823+2
22KENTUCKY9–322625+3
23TEXAS A&M8–420214-9
24CLEMSON9–3170NR+3
25ARKANSAS8–4128NR+1

AP TOP 25 POLL

RANKTEAMRECORDPTSPREVCONFERENCE
1GEORGIA12–01,550 (62)1SEC
2MICHIGAN11–11,4496Big Ten
3CINCINNATI12–01,4224American Athletic
4ALABAMA11–11,3883SEC
5OKLAHOMA STATE11–11,2917Big 12
6NOTRE DAME11–11,2645IA Independents
7OHIO STATE10–21,1472Big Ten
8OLE MISS10–21,1058SEC
9BAYLOR10–21,0669Big 12
10OREGON10–293211Pac-12
11MICHIGAN STATE10–287712Big Ten
12BRIGHAM YOUNG10–283913IA Independents
13OKLAHOMA10–283710Big 12
14UTAH9–366716Pac-12
15IOWA10–266217Big Ten
16HOUSTON11–160319American Athletic
17PITTSBURGH10–258920ACC
18WAKE FOREST10–248521ACC
19SAN DIEGO STATE11–141622Mountain West
20LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE11–131723Sun Belt
21NORTH CAROLINA STATE9–331024ACC
22CLEMSON9–3269ACC
23ARKANSAS8–421425SEC
24TEXAS A&M8–411714SEC
25KENTUCKY9–382SEC
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