Buckeyes move up one spot to No. 3 in latest AP Poll

Another week, another dominant win for the Ohio State Buckeyes. The only difference this past weekend was the fact that the game was Friday night instead of Saturday. After making it look easy on both sides of the ball in a blowout win at Northwestern this past weekend, Ohio State has jumped Clemson and moved up one spot to No. 3 in the latest AP Poll, the best ranking they’ve had all season.

With 13 first-place votes, the Buckeyes trail only Alabama (24) and LSU (16), atop the rankings. Luckily this week, voters finally realized that given the play so far this season, it’s only right that Clemson continues to fall in the rankings. They might be 7-0, but the Tigers have been somewhat of a disappointment so far this year, which is the sole reason for their slide in the rankings.

Joining Ohio State in the poll are five other Big Ten teams: Penn State (No. 6), Wisconsin (13), Iowa (17), Michigan (19), and Iowa (20), The Wolverines fell three spots to No. 19 after losing to the Nittany Lions in Happy Valley Saturday night. With five ranked teams, the SEC looks to be the best conference, at least currently. Surprisingly, although they have five teams in the Top 25, all of them are in the top 10: Alabama (1), LSU (2), Florida (7), Auburn (9), and Georgia (10).

The Buckeyes will host Wisconsin in a big-time matchup this weekend. The Badgers were previously 6-0 and No. 6 in last week’s AP Poll, but after seemingly looking ahead to their game in Columbus, Wisconsin was upset by Illinois Saturday afternoon, dropping them seven spots to No. 13 in the latest Top 25. This obviously hurts Ohio State’s strength of schedule a bit, but as long as the scarlet and gray continue to take care of business, it really doesn’t matter.

Although they jumped one spot to No. 3 in the AP Poll, the Buckeyes remained at No. 4 in the Coaches Poll. Somehow, Clemson is still No. 2 according to the coaches, with LSU coming in at No. 3.