Ohio State Falls To No. 7 In USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll Following Loss At Michigan

The Buckeyes had their Big Ten title and College Football Playoff hopes dashed by the Wolverines.

Ohio State fell four spots to Moin the latest USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll following its 42-27 loss at Michigan on Saturday afternoon.

After dominating Ohio State, @UMichFootball and @CowboyFB made the leap into the top five in this week's USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.

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— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) November 28, 2021

Naturally, the Buckeyes dropped behind the Wolverines, who now sit at No. 3 and will play No. 12 Iowa for the Big Ten Championship next Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The only other Big Ten team ranked in the final poll of the regular season is No. 13 Michigan State, which knocked off Penn State, 30-27, in the battle for the Land Grant Trophy on Saturday evening. 

That said, the full USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll is as follows, with first-place votes in parenthesis:

1. Georgia (62)
2. Alabama
3. Michigan
4. Cincinnati
5. Oklahoma State
6. Notre Dame
7. Ohio State
8. Ole Miss
9. Baylor
10. Oregon
11. Oklahoma
12. Iowa
13. Michigan State
14. BYU
15. Pittsburgh
16. Houston
17. Utah
18. Wake Forest
19. San Diego State
20. N.C. State
21. Louisiana-Lafayette
22. Kentucky
23. Texas A&M
24. Clemson
25. Arkansas

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