Ohio State Ranked No. 3 In Associated Press Top 25 Poll Following Win Over Minnesota

Georgia leapfrogged Ohio State, which passed Oklahoma following this weekend's results.

Just like the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll, Ohio State was ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press top 25 poll released on Tuesday afternoon.

The first regular-season AP Top 25 will be released at 2 p.m. Eastern and there could be some changes at the top from the preseason rankings.

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— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) September 7, 2021

The Buckeyes trail defending national champion Alabama, which defeated Miami (Fla.) on Saturday afternoon, as well as Georgia, which knocked off Clemson that evening. The Crimson Tide received 59 of 63 first-place votes, whereas the Bulldogs received four.

Ohio State, which received one first-place vote in the preseason poll, did not receive any first-place votes in this week's poll.

That said, the Buckeyes are one of four Big Ten teams in the AP top 25, joining Iowa at No. 10, Penn State at No. 11 and Wisconsin at No. 18. Indiana once again fell out after its defeat in Iowa City on Saturday.

Oregon, which comes to Columbus this weekend, is ranked at No. 12, meanwhile.

The full Associated Press preseason poll is as follows, with first-place votes in parenthesis:

1. Alabama (59)
2. Georgia (4)
3. Ohio State
4. Oklahoma
5. Texas A&M
6. Clemson
7. Cincinnati
8. Notre Dame
9. Iowa State
10. Iowa
11. Penn State
12. Oregon
13. Florida
14. USC
15. Texas
16. UCLA
17. Coastal Carolina
18. Wisconsin
19. Virginia Tech
20. Ole Miss
21. Utah
22. Miami (Fla.)
23. Arizona State
24. North Carolina
25. Auburn

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