COLUMBUS – Still almost two weeks away from playing their first game of the 2020 college football season, The Buckeyes held onto their No. 6 position in the latest AP Top 25 poll.
Ohio State hosts Nebraska on the opening weekend of the revised Big Ten schedule, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The conference has five teams teams in the poll. In addition to the Buckeyes, Penn State is at No. 9, Wisconsin at No. 16, Michigan is ranked and Minnesota is No. 24.
No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia held steady at the top of the rankings, setting up a top-three matchup Saturday when the Crimson Tide hosts the Bulldogs.
Notre Dame moved up to No. 4 and North Carolina is No. 5.
Cincinnati (3-0) moved up three spots to No. 8.
LSU is out of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 2017 and is the first defending national champion to drop from the rankings in nine years.