Every Sunday, we wait for the college football polls to come out to see where Ohio State landed after that week's game, and one that we are keenly interested in is the one affiliated with our mothership, USA TODAY, and the US LBM Coaches Poll. The Buckeyes were the No. 1 team to start the season, but that only lasted a couple of weeks until OSU lost to Texas.
Ohio State worked its way back up to No. 2, but a loss at USC -- and a loss of starting quarterback Julian Sayin -- changed all of that, and so too did a loss vs. Oregon at home the week after. Because of that, the Buckeyes were ranked No. 20 last week and well back from where they normally are.
After a win against Northwestern, however, at home, Ohio State has moved up three spots to No.
17, inching closer and closer to a top twelve that might mirror where the College Football Playoff has OSU (but we'll see on that). The top ten of the poll is top-ranked Georgia, followed by Utah (2), Notre Dame (3), UCLA (4), Indiana (5), Miami (FL) (6), Alabama (7), Texas (8), Tennessee (9), and Wake Forest (10).
Other Big Ten teams in the top 25 include Iowa (13), Oregon (14), and USC (19). Here's a look at the complete US LBM Coaches poll.
US LBM Coaches Top 25 after Week 11
Schools Dropped Out
No. 23 SMU; No. 24 South Carolina; No. 25 New Mexico;
Others Receiving Votes
Liberty 87; Memphis 70; New Mexico 48; Missouri 47; SMU 39; UTSA 38; South Carolina 35; Northwestern 17; Air Force 14; Nebraska 12; Louisiana Tech 12; North Texas 11; Oklahoma 8; Illinois 8; Auburn 7; Oklahoma State 5; Toledo 2; Virginia 1; North Dakota State 1;
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Ohio State makes move up US LBM Coaches Poll after Northwestern win
