The Ohio State football team finally vanquished the Maize and Blue demons by beating Michigan 27-9 up in Ann Arbor, ending a four-game losing streak in the rivalry. Couple that with Texas A&M losing to rival Texas, and the result is Ohio State collecting all of the first-place votes in the end of the regular season US LBM Coaches Poll.
The Buckeyes have been the No. 1 team in the poll ever since beating Texas in Week 1, and have slowly won the coaches over week by week, slowly accumulating first-place votes. The only team that had first-place votes besides OSU was Texas A&M over the last couple of weeks, but that is no longer the case. The Buckeyes now have all 63 and remain No. 1 in the poll.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRight behind Ohio State at No. 2 is its opponent in the Big Ten Championship game, Indiana, followed by Georgia, Oregon, Ole Miss, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Alabama, rounding out the top ten.
We only have the conference championship games to go before the College Football Playoff, so there will still be some movement at the top of the poll because a lot of those teams will be in action. It should be interesting to see where they all land.
In the meantime, here is the rest of the US LBM Coaches Poll after Rivalry Week.
US LBM Coaches Poll after Rivalry Week
Rank
Team
Record
PTS
1st
Prev
Chg
Hi/Lo
1
Ohio State
12-0
1575
63
1
-
1/2
2
Indiana
12-0
1510
0
2
-
2/21
3
Georgia
11-1
1438
0
4
+1
3/10
4
Oregon
11-1
1353
0
5
+1
2/9
5
Ole Miss
11-1
1306
0
6
+1
4/15
6
Texas Tech
11-1
1266
0
7
+1
6/24
7
Texas A&M
11-1
1178
0
3
-4
3/22
8
Oklahoma
10-2
1106
0
8
-
6/NR
9
Notre Dame
10-2
1061
0
9
-
5/21
10
Alabama
10-2
1019
0
10
-
4/20
11
BYU
11-1
942
0
11
-
8/NR
12
Vanderbilt
10-2
855
0
12
-
11/NR
13
Miami (FL)
10-2
844
0
13
-
2/18
14
Texas
9-3
753
0
16
+2
1/19
15
Utah
10-2
750
0
14
-1
14/NR
16
Virginia
10-2
613
0
17
+1
11/NR
17
USC
9-3
505
0
20
+3
16/NR
18
Michigan
9-3
427
0
15
-3
13/NR
19
James Madison
11-1
356
0
21
+2
19/NR
20
North Texas
11-1
345
0
22
+2
20/NR
21
Tulane
10-2
300
0
23
+2
21/NR
22
Arizona
9-3
223
0
NR
+9
22/NR
23
Georgia Tech
9-3
170
0
19
-4
7/NR
24
Tennessee
8-4
135
0
18
-6
11/24
25
Navy
9-2
107
0
NR
+2
23/NR
Schools Dropped OutNo. 24 Pittsburgh; No. 25 SMU;
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOthers Receiving VotesIowa 85; Houston 73; Missouri 52; SMU 28; Washington 18; UNLV 17; Pittsburgh 15; South Florida 12; Illinois 9; Louisville 6; Connecticut 6; TCU 5; Penn State 5; Old Dominion 2; New Mexico 2; Arizona State 2; San Diego State 1;
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: updated US LBM Coaches Poll has Ohio State with all 1st place votes
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