Ohio State Moves Up To No. 3 In USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll

Ohio State was jumped by Georgia but passed Oklahoma following its season-opening win at Minnesota.

After knocking off Minnesota in the season opener on Thursday night, Ohio State moved up to No. 3 in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll released on Tuesday afternoon.

After knocking off Clemson, @GeorgiaFootball moves up behind @AlabamaFTBL to give the SEC the top two teams in this week's AFCA USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

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Alabama is still No. 1 after a convincing 44-13 victory over No. 14 Miami (Fla.) on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson Tide received 64 of the 65 first-place votes, up from 63 in the preseason poll.

They’re followed by Georgia, which beat No. 2 Clemson on Saturday night and received one first-place vote, Oklahoma, meanwhile, fell to No. 4 after surviving a scare from Tulane at home that same afternoon,

Ohio State is one of four of Big Ten teams in the top 25, including Iowa at No. 12, Penn State at No. 13 and Wisconsin at No. 17. Indiana, on the other hand, fell out of the rankings after its loss to the Hawkeyes.

The Buckeyes will host No. 11 Oregon on Saturday, with kickoff set for noon on FOX.

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

1. Alabama (64)
2. Georgia (1)
3. Ohio State
4. Oklahoma
5. Texas A&M
6. Clemson
7. Notre Dame
8. Cincinnati
9. Florida
10. Iowa State
11. Oregon
12. Iowa
13. Penn State
14. USC
15. Texas
16. UCLA
17. Wisconsin
18. Utah
19. Coastal Carolina
20. Ole Miss
21. Virginia Tech
22. North Carolina
23. Oklahoma State
24. Miami (Fla.)
25. Arizona State

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