Ohio State Drops To No. 6 In Associated Press Top 25 Poll Following Win Against Penn State

The Buckeyes earned their first win over a ranked opponent this season in a hard-fought game against the Nittany Lions.

Unlike the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll, where it remained at No. 5, Ohio State fell to No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll released on Sunday afternoon following its 33-24 win over Penn State.

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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— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) October 31, 2021

The Buckeyes were jumped by Michigan State by virtue of its win over rival Michigan, which was the sixth-ranked team in the country heading into Saturday. The Wolverines fell to No. 9 as a result of the loss.

The top four remain steady from last week, with Georgia leading the way, followed by Cincinnati, Alabama and Oklahoma. Wake Forest, meanwhile, finds its way into the top 10 for the first time in school history.

Other Big Ten teams ranked in this week’s poll include Iowa at No. 19 and Penn State and No. 22. The Hawkeyes notably lost their second straight game on the road at unranked Wisconsin.

The full Associated Press Top 25 poll can be found below, with first-place votes in parenthesis:

1. Georgia (63)
2. Cincinnati
3. Alabama
4. Oklahoma
5. Michigan State
6. Ohio State
7. Oregon
8. Notre Dame
9. Michigan
10. Wake Forest
11. Oklahoma State
12. Auburn
13. Texas A&M
14. Baylor
15. Ole Miss
16. UTSA
17. BYU
18. Kentucky
19. Iowa
20. Houston
21. Coastal Carolina
22. Penn State
23. SMU
24. Louisiana-Lafayette
25. Fresno State

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