Ohio State's redshirt freshman quarterback, J.T. Barrett is done for the season, but the Buckeyes still have national title hopes. And with one more chance to impress the country (against a Top 15 team like Wisconsin), Ohio State is in the thick of the title hunt.
With Mississippi State taking an L yesterday, Ohio State moved up from seventh in both prominent Sunday polls to sixth. Its opponent in Indianapolis next weekend, Wisconsin, is ranked No. 11 in both the Coaches Poll and the AP Top 25.
As a conference, the Big Ten has five teams ranked in the Coaches Poll and four in the AP's Top 25. It has three teams within both the Coaches' and AP's Top 15.
| Rank | Team | Points | 1st | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALABAMA | 1507 | 28 | 1 |
| 2 | FLORIDA STATE | 1489 | 28 | 2 |
| 3 | OREGON | 1458 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | TEXAS CHRISTIAN | 1339 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | BAYLOR | 1300 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | OHIO STATE | 1269 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MICHIGAN STATE | 1136 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | ARIZONA | 1050 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | KANSAS STATE | 1037 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | MISSISSIPPI STATE | 979 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | WISCONSIN | 955 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | GEORGIA TECH | 867 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | MISSOURI | 820 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | OLE MISS | 709 | 0 | 19 |
| 15 | GEORGIA | 590 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | OKLAHOMA | 582 | 0 | 18 |
| 17 | UCLA | 517 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | ARIZONA STATE | 486 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | CLEMSON | 439 | 0 | 24 |
| 20 | LOUISVILLE | 395 | 0 | 23 |
| 21 | AUBURN | 361 | 0 | 16 |
| 22 | BOISE STATE | 253 | 0 | 25 |
| 23 | NEBRASKA | 166 | 0 | NR |
| 24 | LSU | 87 | 0 | NR |
| 25 | MINNESOTA | 86 | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Points | 1st | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALABAMA | 1426 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | FLORIDA STATE | 1423 | 29 | 1 |
| 3 | OREGON | 1391 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | TEXAS CHRISTIAN | 1274 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | BAYLOR | 1243 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | OHIO STATE | 1192 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MICHIGAN STATE | 1048 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | ARIZONA | 1027 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | KANSAS STATE | 995 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | MISSISSIPPI STATE | 944 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | WISCONSIN | 910 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | GEORGIA TECH | 823 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | OLE MISS | 753 | 0 | 18 |
| 14 | MISSOURI | 740 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | GEORGIA | 606 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | UCLA | 512 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | ARIZONA STATE | 495 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | OKLAHOMA | 485 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | CLEMSON | 418 | 0 | 23 |
| 20 | AUBURN | 358 | 0 | 15 |
| 21 | LOUISVILLE | 346 | 0 | 24 |
| 22 | BOISE STATE | 265 | 0 | 25 |
| 23 | LSU | 145 | 0 | NR |
| 24 | UTAH | 79 | 0 | NR |
| 25 | NEBRASKA | 64 | 0 | NR |
