Ohio State played its toughest competition since falling to Oregon early in the season when it played host to Penn State on Saturday night. While the Buckeyes came away with a nine-point victory, it wasn’t the offensive fireworks we’ve come to expect over the past several weeks.
Ultimately, the win over the No. 20 Nittany Lions wasn’t impressive enough. The voters like Michigan State a bit more after Sparty knocked off Michigan in a top-10 matchup. Ohio State dropped a spot to No. 6 while the Spartans jumped three spots to No. 5, leapfrogging the Buckeyes in the latest AP Top 25 Poll.
After the loss in East Lansing, the Wolverines dropped to No. 9, which is still a respectable ranking for Jim Harbaugh’s club. Especially after allowing a 16-point second-half lead evaporate.
POLL ALERT: Michigan State jumps to No. 5 in AP Top 25, Wake Forest joins top 10 for 1st time, Houston enters rankings, same top four.
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Here’s how the full top 10 sits: Georgia (1), Cincinnati (2), Alabama (3), Oklahoma (4), Michigan State (5), Ohio State (6) Oregon (7), Notre Dame (8), Michigan (9) and Wake Forest (10).
Here’s a look at the rest of the top 25
