Where is Ohio State football ranked in Coaches poll after Week 8?

Ohio State football remains near the top of the US LBM Coaches Poll.

OSU had a break in its schedule in Week 8 of the college football season. The Buckeyes defeated No. 4 Indiana 19-15 on Oct. 17 and jumped three spots to No. 2 in last week's Coaches poll as No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Notre Dame dropped following their first losses.

Ohio State sat below Miami in both Week 7 major polls. In AP voting, Ohio State also ranked behind BYU, who took down Notre Dame 28-24.

While Miami maintained its top ranking with a 52-23 win over Pittsburgh on Oct. 24, BYU suffered a double-overtime loss to UCF, giving Ohio State a chance to move up in the AP poll, released at 2 p.m. The Cougars fell six spots to No. 9 in the Coaches poll.

The Buckeyes return to action

against No. 25 USC on Oct. 31 for their first game without starting quarterback Julian Sayin. The second-year starter is out indefinitely, and freshman Luke Fahey is the leading candidate to start in Los Angeles.

Ohio State football ranking: US LBM Coaches Poll

Ohio State earned 1,767 points, its most since getting 1,801 after Week 1, and six first-place votes to secure the No. 2 spot for the second straight week. Miami ranks No. 1 with 1,839 points and 67 first-place votes.

USC tumbled 10 spots after recording its second loss of the season on Oct. 24, falling 24-7 to unranked Wisconsin.

Week 8 US LBM Coaches Poll

1. Miami
2. Ohio State
3. Georgia
4. Indiana
5. Utah
6. Notre Dame
7. UCLA
8. Kentucky
9. BYU
10. Alabama
11. Texas
12. Ole Miss
13. LSU
14. Texas Tech
15. Wake Forest
16. SMU
17. Tennessee
18. Northwestern
19. Houston
20. Florida
21. Arizona
22. Boise State
23. Missouri
24. Iowa
25. USC

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