The Buckeyes are back in the top five. Following its 42-19 win over Illinois, Ohio State moved up two spots to No. 5 in the Associated Press’ rankings.
The Buckeyes are only behind No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 4 Miami (Fla.).
Texas received 62 first-place votes, Georgia received six first-place votes, Miami (Fla.) received a first place vote, as did No. 6 Indiana.
Notre Dame and Ohio State were the only teams in the top-six to not receive a first-place vote.
Rounding out the top-10 was No. 7 Alabama, No. 8 Florida, No. 9 Ole Miss and No. 10 BYU.
Florida was the biggest riser in the poll. The Gators climbed up 13 spots after taking down previously No. 4 Ole Miss 52-28 on Saturday.
Mississippi State jumped up eight spots in the poll to No. 16 after taking down No. 25 Missouri. Michigan was one of a couple of teams to drop out of the top-25 after losing to No. 14 Iowa 20-19.
Louisville dropped out of the rankings with a 30-27 loss to Wake Forest. Texas A&M, which was No. 23 in last week’s rankings, wasn’t ranked this week after a 35-6 defeat to No. 11 LSU.
Although Michigan is no longer ranked, the Big Ten has six teams included in the top 25 with, No. 15 Oregon, No. 18 USC and No. 23 UCLA also featured.
The Bruins made the rankings for the first time this year, as did No. 19 Oklahoma State and No. 24 Kentucky.
In the Coaches’ poll, Ohio State was ranked No. 6 behind Indiana.
