Ohio State Ranked No. 7 In Associated Press Top 25 Poll Following Win Over Rutgers

The Buckeyes moved up four spots after several top-10 teams lost on Saturday.

Just like the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll, Ohio State moved up to No. 7 in the Associated Press top 25 poll released on Sunday afternoon.

POLL ALERT: Iowa up to No. 3, Cincinnati to No. 5, BYU to No. 10 in AP Top 25; Kentucky, Texas, SMU, SDSU in; Clemson out.

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— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) October 3, 2021

Oregon, Arkansas, Notre Dame and Florida were all ranked ahead of the Buckeyes heading into Saturday but lost to Stanford, Georgia, Cincinnati and Kentucky, respectively.

Ohio State is one of five Big Ten teams ranked in his week’s poll, with Iowa at No. 3, Penn State at No. 4, Michigan at No. 9 and Michigan State at No. 11. The Buckeyes play the Nittany Lions and Spartans at home, travel to Ann Arbor to take on the Wolverines and could meet the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Championship Game.

That said, the full Associated Press Top 25 poll is as follows, with first-place votes in parenthesis:

1. Alabama (53)
2. Georgia (9)
3. Iowa
4. Penn State
5. Cincinnati
6. Oklahoma
7. Ohio State
8. Oregon
9. Michigan
10. BYU
11. Michigan State
12. Oklahoma State
13. Arkansas
14. Notre Dame
15. Coastal Carolina
16. Kentucky
17. Ole Miss
18. Auburn
19. Wake Forest
20. Florida
21. Texas
22. Arizona State
23. N.C. State
24. SMU
25. San Diego State

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