The Buckeyes climbed in the rankings following their 34-10 win over Michigan State, moving up to No. 3 in the AP Poll – tied with Georgia – and No. 4 in the Coaches Poll.

In the AP Poll, Ohio State gained enough ground to tie Georgia for the No. 3 spot.

AP TOP 25 Poll RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PREV CONFERENCE 1 ALABAMA 5–0 1,503 1 SEC 2 CLEMSON 5–0 1,433 2 ACC 3 GEORGIA 5–0 1,393 3 SEC 3 OHIO STATE 6–0 1,393 4 Big Ten 5 LSU 5–0 1,352 5 SEC 6 OKLAHOMA 5–0 1,268 6 Big 12 7 FLORIDA 6–0 1,163 10 SEC 8 WISCONSIN 5–0 1,105 8 Big Ten 9 NOTRE DAME 4–1 1,046 9 IA Independents 10 PENN STATE 5–0 958 12 Big Ten 11 TEXAS 4–1 947 11 Big 12 12 AUBURN 5–1 920 7 SEC 13 OREGON 4–1 828 13 Pac-12 14 BOISE STATE 5–0 654 16 Mountain West 15 UTAH 4–1 624 17 Pac-12 16 MICHIGAN 4–1 618 19 Big Ten 17 IOWA 4–1 454 14 Big Ten 18 ARIZONA STATE 4–1 388 20 Pac-12 19 WAKE FOREST 5–0 380 22 ACC 20 VIRGINIA 4–1 353 23 ACC 21 SMU 6–0 285 24 American Athletic 22 BAYLOR 5–0 260 – Big 12 23 MEMPHIS 5–0 189 – American Athletic 24 TEXAS A&M 3–2 165 25 SEC 25 CINCINNATI 4–1 118 – American Athletic

In the coaches poll, the Buckeyes moved up to No. 4, jumping Oklahoma after the top-25 win over the Spartans.

USA Today Coaches Poll RANK TEAM RECORD PTS 1st VOTES PREV CHANGE 1 ALABAMA 5–0 1602 42 1 — 2 CLEMSON 5–0 1531 20 2 — 3 GEORGIA 5–0 1459 – 3 — 4 OHIO STATE 6–0 1422 3 5 +1 5 OKLAHOMA 5–0 1378 – 4 -1 6 LSU 5–0 1364 – 6 — 7 FLORIDA 6–0 1218 – 8 +1 8 WISCONSIN 5–0 1164 – 9 +1 9 PENN STATE 5–0 1051 – 11 +2 10 NOTRE DAME 4–1 1033 – 10 — 11 TEXAS 4–1 971 – 12 +1 12 AUBURN 5–1 929 – 7 -5 13 OREGON 4–1 866 – 13 — 14 BOISE STATE 5–0 732 – 15 +1 15 UTAH 4–1 655 – 17 +2 16 MICHIGAN 4–1 648 – 18 +2 17 WAKE FOREST 5–0 498 – 20 +3 18 IOWA 4–1 441 – 14 -4 19 VIRGINIA 4–1 345 – 22 +3 20 MEMPHIS 5–0 318 – 23 +3 21 TEXAS A&M 3–2 306 – 21 — 22 SOUTHERN METHODIST 6–0 246 – NR +5 23 BAYLOR 5–0 234 – NR +7 24 ARIZONA STATE 4–1 228 – NR +4 25 MINNESOTA 5–0 131 – NR +5

The Big Ten has five teams ranked in the coaches poll – No. 8 Wisconsin, No. 9 Penn State, No. 16 Michigan, No. 18 Iowa and No. 25 Minnesota – with the Golden Gophers joining the rankings and Michigan State falling from the top-25.

Of those five ranked teams, Ohio State has three remaining on their regular season schedule.