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Though after the rather paltry three and three quarters quarter showing we got Saturday against Illinois, Ohio State stands pat at third in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll Top 25 once again this week. Alabama and Florida State remain 1 & 2 respectively, with Baylor just 18 points behind the Buckeyes at 4th and Oregon now fifth.
Previously #4 Stanford's late 20-17 loss to USC and Alabama's extremely mailed in 20-7 win over Mississippi State likely helped shape an evidently disinterested/looking-ahead performance from the Buckeyes.
For the Buckeyes, with 31.5-point underdogs Indiana on the horizon, the game remains the same: keep winning, and if at all possible, do so with as much flare as possible. The Buckeyes failed on the latter yesterday, but the end result was just the same. If Ohio State can get on track and put together consecutive impressive performances against Indiana and Michigan, it'll certainly help their cause. Of course if either Alabama or FSU stumble (and particularly if Baylor slips up), winning alone might just be enough.
Here's the USA TODAY Coaches Poll for Week 13:
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | FIRST PLACE VOTES | PREVIOUS RANK | CHANGE | HI/LOW* |
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
10-0 | 1544 | 56 | 1 | 1/1 | |
| 2 | Florida State Seminoles |
10-0 | 1487 | 6 | 2 | 2/12 | |
| 3 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
10-0 | 1404 | 0 | 3 | 2/4 | |
| 4 | Baylor Bears |
9-0 | 1386 | 0 | 4 | 4/NR | |
| 5 | Oregon Ducks |
9-1 | 1231 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2/7 |
| 6 | Clemson Tigers |
9-1 | 1217 | 0 | 6 | 4/10 | |
| 7 | Auburn Tigers |
10-1 | 1145 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7/NR |
| 8 | Missouri Tigers |
9-1 | 1129 | 0 | 8 | 7/NR | |
| 9 | Oklahoma State Cowboys |
9-1 | 1030 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9/20 |
| 10 | Texas A&M Aggies |
8-2 | 928 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6/15 |
| 11 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
8-2 | 882 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6/20 |
| 12 | Stanford Cardinal |
8-2 | 865 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4/13 |
| 13 | Michigan State Spartans |
9-1 | 729 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 13/NR |
| 14 | UCLA Bruins |
8-2 | 700 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 10/21 |
| 15 | Louisville Cardinals |
9-1 | 627 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6/17 |
| 16 | Fresno State Bulldogs |
9-0 | 622 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 14/NR |
| 17 | Wisconsin Badgers |
8-2 | 511 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 17/NR |
| 18 | Oklahoma Sooners |
8-2 | 502 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8/18 |
| 19 | LSU Tigers |
7-3 | 478 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6/19 |
| 20 | Central Florida Knights |
8-1 | 446 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 19/NR |
| 21 | Northern Illinois Huskies |
10-0 | 418 | 0 | 21 | 20/NR | |
| 22 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
8-2 | 352 | 0 | 22 | 22/NR | |
| 23 | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
8-2 | 173 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 23/NR |
| 24 | Duke Blue Devils |
8-2 | 131 | 0 | NR | 24/NR | |
| 25 | USC Trojans |
8-3 | 115 | 0 | NR | 22/NR |
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