Perhaps a quarterback change was all Ohio State needed to get its offense going—and to remain the overwhelming No. 1 team in the nation in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Buckeyes notched 39 first-place votes in the Week 9 poll, a step up from the 28 they received the week prior. The improvement is largely from a change under center from the struggling Cardale Jones to J.T. Barrett, who led Ohio State to a dominating 49-7 win over Rutgers to improve to 8-0. While Urban Meyer’s crew stayed atop the rankings yet again and Baylor remained right behind OSU, that’s where the stability ends. Clemson made a big jump up to No. 3 in the newest AP poll, a move up three spots after its emphatic blowout of Miami on the road. That’s only the beginning of the takeaways from the AP’s new Top 25 poll, so let’s take a look below at how it shakes out and what to take from all of it. Week 9 AP Top 25 Poll Rank Team (1st-Place Votes) Record 1 Ohio State (39) 8-0 2 Baylor (7) 7-0 3 Clemson (6) 7-0 4 LSU (5) 7-0 5 TCU (3) 7-0 6 Michigan State 8-0 7 Alabama (1) 7-1 8 Stanford 6-1 9 Notre Dame 6-1 10 Iowa 7-0 11 Florida 6-1 12 Oklahoma State 7-0 13 Utah 6-1 14 Oklahoma 6-1 15 Michigan 5-2 16 Memphis 7-0 17 Florida State 6-1 18 Houston 7-0 19 Ole Miss 6-2 20 Toledo 7-0 21 Temple 7-0 22 Duke 6-1 23 Pittsburgh 6-1 24 UCLA 5-2 25 Mississippi State 6-2 AP.org Poll Reaction Mel Evans/Associated Press/Associated Press Ohio State DE Joey Bosa (No. 97) Let’s begin at the very top, shall we? That’s where the Ohio State Buckeyes have sat ever since their surprising national championship at the end of last season. …
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