Ohio State Remains No. 3 In USA Today Coaches Poll Following Win Over Toledo

The Buckeyes fell just 14 yards shy of setting a new program record with 763 yards of total offense.

Ohio State stood pat at No. 3 in the USA Today Sports AFCA Coaches Poll, which was released on Sunday afternoon, following a 77-21 win over Toledo on Saturday evening.

So the voters had a change of heart on the No. 1 team in the country.

Georgia's dominant three-game stretch was too hard to ignore as the Bulldogs' era as the top-ranked team in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA football coaches poll starts right now... pic.twitter.com/sdIw3VbbB5

— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) September 18, 2022

Georgia moved into the top spot in this week’s poll following a 48-7 win over South Carolina, while Alabama fell one notch despite its 63-7 blowout victory over Louisiana-Monroe. 

Michigan, meanwhile, moved up one spot to No. 4 after its 59-0 win over UConn, while Clemson rounds out the top five after following a 48-20 win over Louisiana Tech.

The Buckeyes and Wolverines are two of four Big Ten team’s in this week’s poll, as they are joined by Penn State at No. 15 and Michigan State at No. 21. The Nittany Lions won 41-12 at Auburn, while the Spartans fell on the road to Washington, 39-28.

That said, the full USA Today Sports AFCA Coaches Poll can be found below, with first-place votes in parenthesis:

1. Georgia (40)
2. Alabama (24)
3. Ohio State (1)
4. Michigan
5. Clemson
6. Oklahoma
7. USC
8. Oklahoma State
9. Kentucky
10. Arkansas
11. N.C. State
12. Tennessee
13. Ole Miss
14. Utah
15. Penn State
16. Wake Forest
17. Baylor
18. Oregon
19. Texas
20. Texas A&M
21. Michigan State
22. Florida
23. BYU
24. Washington
25. Miami (Fla.)

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