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College football rankings: Ohio State ranked No. 5 in Coaches Poll, 7 in the final regular season AP Top 25
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The Buckeyes move up in one major poll but drop in the other.
Ohio State had the week off as Michigan State and Iowa battled for the Big Ten Championship, where the Spartans came out on top after a hard fought game that felt like a bowl game.
Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Michigan State appeared at the top of the AP Top 25 as you would expect, after the Tigers, Crimson Tide, and Spartans won their respective conference championships Saturday. Iowa, who lost that classic title bout against Sparty, finishes one spot higher in the AP than the Buckeyes in what could be a preview of the final College Football Playoff rankings.
The Coaches Poll Top 25 told a different story with Oklahoma over Michigan State and Ohio State considerably above Iowa. Stanford was also ranked higher than the Hawkeyes.
North Carolina dropped in both polls as a result of their loss against Clemson, but not without some controversy, as the Tar Heels were called for offsides on an onside kick that they recovered, when it appeared that they were in fact onside.
The Northwestern Wildcats appeared ahead of Michigan this week, coming in at No. 12 and No. 17 respectively in both.
Here's your complete AP and Coaches Poll Top 25s:
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Harry Lyles Jr. via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
The Buckeyes move up in one major poll but drop in the other.
Ohio State had the week off as Michigan State and Iowa battled for the Big Ten Championship, where the Spartans came out on top after a hard fought game that felt like a bowl game.
Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Michigan State appeared at the top of the AP Top 25 as you would expect, after the Tigers, Crimson Tide, and Spartans won their respective conference championships Saturday. Iowa, who lost that classic title bout against Sparty, finishes one spot higher in the AP than the Buckeyes in what could be a preview of the final College Football Playoff rankings.
The Coaches Poll Top 25 told a different story with Oklahoma over Michigan State and Ohio State considerably above Iowa. Stanford was also ranked higher than the Hawkeyes.
North Carolina dropped in both polls as a result of their loss against Clemson, but not without some controversy, as the Tar Heels were called for offsides on an onside kick that they recovered, when it appeared that they were in fact onside.
The Northwestern Wildcats appeared ahead of Michigan this week, coming in at No. 12 and No. 17 respectively in both.
Here's your complete AP and Coaches Poll Top 25s:
Ranking
AP Top 25
Coaches Poll
1
1
Clemson (51)
Clemson (55)
2
2
Alabama (9)
Alabama (5)
3
3
Michigan State (1)
Oklahoma
4
4
Oklahoma
Michigan State
5
5
Stanford
Ohio State
6
6
Iowa
Stanford
7
7
Ohio State
Iowa
8
8
Notre Dame
Florida State
9
9
Florida State
Notre Dame
10
10
North Carolina
TCU
11
11
TCU
North Carolina
12
12
Northwestern
Northwestern
13
13
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
14
14
Houston
Oregon
15
15
Oregon
Mississippi
16
16
Mississippi
Houston
17
17
Michigan
Michigan
18
18
Baylor
Florida
19
19
Florida
Baylor
20
20
Utah
Utah
21
21
Navy
LSU
22
22
LSU
Navy
23
23
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
24
24
Temple
Temple
25
25
Western Kentucky
Georgia
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