Despite Narrow Win Over Northern Illinois, Ohio State Remains Atop AP, Coaches Polls

Things weren't pretty Saturday for Ohio State in its 20-13 victory over Northern Illinois, but its lackluster performance didn't cost it anything in the AP or coaches polls. The Buckeyes are still No. 1 in both.

Ohio State did see a slight decline in first-place votes as it only received 42 in the AP and 61 in the coaches, down from 59 and 62 last week. After Alabama's loss to Ole Miss, TCU is the new No. 2 team in the country in the coaches poll while Michigan State is ranked No. 2 in the AP poll

Other ranked Big Ten teams are Northwestern (19th in coaches, 17th in AP) and Wisconsin (21st in coaches, 22nd in AP).

Amway Coaches Poll
Rank	Team	Points	1st Votes
1	OHIO STATE	1594	61
2	TCU	1482
3	MICHIGAN STATE	1477	3
4	BAYLOR	1364
5	OLE MISS	1292
6	GEORGIA	1262
7	FLORIDA STATE	1119
8	NOTRE DAME	1109
9	LSU	1085
10	CLEMSON	1022
11	UCLA	968
12	ALABAMA	883
13	OREGON	855
14	OKLAHOMA	790
15	TEXAS A&M	745
16	ARIZONA	605
17	UTAH	501
18	USC	461
19	NORTHWESTERN	347
20	GEORGIA TECH	338
21	WISCONSIN	274
22	OKLAHOMA STATE	242
23	MISSOURI	234
24	STANFORD	133
25	AUBURN	79

AP TOP 25
Rank	Team	Points	1st Votes
1	OHIO STATE	1490	42
2	MICHIGAN STATE	1415	7
3	TCU	1345
3	OLE MISS	1345	11
5	BAYLOR	1213
6	NOTRE DAME	1183
7	GEORGIA	1162
8	LSU	1088	1
9	UCLA	981
10	FLORIDA STATE	953
11	CLEMSON	903
12	ALABAMA	882
13	OREGON	855
14	TEXAS A&M	798
15	OKLAHOMA	782
16	ARIZONA	488
17	NORTHWESTERN	469
18	UTAH	439
19	USC	367
20	GEORGIA TECh	352
21	STANFORD	288
22	WISCONSIN	174
23	BYU	174
24	OKLAHOMA STATE	149
25	MISSOURI	135