Isaiah Prince (59), defensive tackle Dre'Mont Jones (86) and the Ohio State Buckeyes will slide down the polls after their first loss Saturday night. (Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer)

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Ohio State's first loss of the season dropped the 7-1 Buckeyes from No. 2 on my AP ballot a week ago to No. 11 this week.

I ranked the three remaining undefeated power schools - Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame - in the top three spots, obviously.

That means I have Ohio State eighth among the one-loss teams.

LSU (over Georgia), Texas (over Oklahoma), Florida (over LSU), and Kentucky (over Florida) all have signature wins better than Ohio State's best win, a one-point victory at Penn State.

Michigan (at Notre Dame) and Georgia (at LSU) had their losses to better opponents than Purdue, and otherwise have similar resumes. Michigan especially has two solid wins over Michigan State and Wisconsin.

Washington State has a 3-point loss at USC and solid wins over Oregon and Utah, so I put the Cougars one spot ahead of the Buckeyes.

A one-loss team I have one spot behind the Buckeyes is Oklahoma. The Sooners clearly have a better loss, to Texas by three. But their best win is probably over TCU by 25, a team the Buckeyes beat by 12. Oklahoma added a late touchdown there, and it was tight in the third quarter, so I counted those victories as similar.

So the OSU win at Penn State led me to rank the Buckeyes higher at No. 11, while Oklahoma is No. 12.

Here is my full ballot for week eight.

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1. Alabama

2. Clemson

3. Notre Dame

4. LSU

5. Michigan

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6. Texas

7. Florida

8. Georgia

9. Kentucky

10. Washington State

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11. Ohio State

12. Oklahoma

13. Central Florida

14. West Virginia

15. Penn State

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16. Texas A&M

17. Oregon

18. Washington

19. Utah

20. Stanford

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21. Iowa

22. North Carolina State

23. Wisconsin

24. Utah State

25. Appalachian State