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 Tennessee Volunteers football program inches closer to the top of the The USA TODAY Sports AFCA football coaches poll after another dominating win.

Now...only Georgia and Ohio State stand in the way of the No. 1 ranking. https://t.co/b74m7OKQ8w pic.twitter.com/o1G7JnwPtc

— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) October 23, 2022

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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