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Ohio State Remains At No. 2 In USA Today Coaches Poll Following Win Over Iowa

The Buckeyes gained some ground on top-ranked Georgia following their blowout of the Hawkeyes.

Ohio State stood pat at No. 2 in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll following its 54-10 win over Iowa on Saturday afternoon.

The Buckeyes gained some slight ground on top-ranked Georgia, while Tennessee moved ahead of idle Michigan for No. 3 following its blowout of Tennessee-Martin. Clemson, meanwhile, rounds of the top five after a fourth-quarter comeback against previously undefeated Syracuse.

The back half of the top 10 had some shakeup, with previously unbeaten Ole Miss and UCLA falling on Saturday. Alabama comes in at No. 6 followed by TCU, Oregon, Oklahoma State and Wake Forest, which enters the top 10 for just the second time in school history.

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Ohio State and Michigan represent half of the Big Ten teams in this week’s poll, with Penn State at No. 13 and Illinois at No. 18, with the Buckeyes set to take on the Nittany Lions next weekend in State College (12 p.m. on FOX). Maryland, meanwhile, is among the others receiving votes (24).

That said, the full coaches poll can be found below, with first-place votes in parenthesis:

  1. Georgia (43)
  2. Ohio State (17)
  3. Tennessee (2)
  4. Michigan (1)
  5. Clemson
  6. Alabama
  7. TCU
  8. Oregon
  9. Oklahoma State
  10. Wake Forest
  11. USC
  12. Ole Miss
  13. Penn State
  14. Utah
  15. UCLA
  16. Syracuse
  17. Kentucky
  18. Illinois
  19. Cincinnati
  20. LSU
  21. North Carolina
  22. Kansas State
  23. N.C. State
  24. Tulane
  25. South Carolina

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