Buckeyes finish season with lowest AP Poll ranking since 2013
COLUMBUS — If history repeats itself, maybe this is the best thing for Ohio State.
The final AP Poll of the 2023 college football season has been released. The Buckeyes checked in at No. 10, their lowest finish since 2013 when they finished No. 12.
Following that No. 12 finish in 2013, when they lost to Clemson in an embarrassing Orange Bowl, the Buckeyes went into the offseason with plenty of motivation and won the national championship with a new starting quarterback the next season.
This time around, the Buckeyes are No. 10 in the final AP Poll after an embarrassing Cotton Bowl. They’ll enter next season with plenty of motivation and a new starting quarterback.
Of course, this offseason will be even longer — and even more jam-packed with motivation for Ohio State. Its biggest rival Michigan is the national champion after hoisting the title trophy Monday night in Houston. The Wolverines finished the year No. 1 and received every first-place vote. Washington, Texas, Georgia and Alabama rounded out the top five.
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Future Big Ten member Oregon finished tied for sixth with Florida State, while Missouri, which beat Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, and Ole Miss topped the Buckeyes to round out the top 10.
Here’s how Ohio State fared in the AP Poll this season:
- Week 1: No. 3
- Week 2: No. 5
- Week 3: No. 6
- Week 4: No. 6
- Week 5: No. 4
- Week 6: No. 4
- Week 7: No. 3
- Week 8: No. 3
- Week 9: No. 3
- Week 10: No. 3
- Week 11: No. 3
- Week 12: No. 3
- Week 13: No. 2
- Week 14: No. 6
- Final: No. 10
Lettermen Row has the entire final AP Top 25 Poll (Jan. 9) below:
1. Michigan (61)
2. Washington
3. Texas
4. Georgia
5. Alabama
6. Oregon
7. Florida State
8. Missouri
9. Ole Miss
10. Ohio State
11. Arizona
12. LSU
13. Penn State
14. Notre Dame
15. Oklahoma
16. Oklahoma State
17. Tennessee
18. Kansas State
19. Louisville
20. Clemson
21. North Carolina State
22. SMU
23. Kansas
24. Iowa
25. Liberty
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