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November 18, 2012Browns blow 13-0 halftime lead; lose 23-20 in overtime
November 18, 2012With the chaotic back-to-back losses of the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the nation on Saturday night, the Ohio State football team was set to benefit in the Associate Press poll. Despite being ineligible for postseason play (the Harris Poll, the BCS Standings, etc), the Buckeyes have slowly climbed the ranks in the AP poll all year.
The current order goes as follows: Notre Dame as the unanimous No. 1, Alabama at No. 2, Georgia at No. 3, OSU at No. 4 and then Oregon at No. 5. The next three teams: Florida, LSU and Kansas State.
Since Alabama and Georgia will play each other in the SEC Championship game in two weeks, some possible — although highly unlikely — scenarios exist that could lead Ohio State to the No. 1 spot in the final AP poll this season. That’d certainly be highly unprecedented in the BCS era, but puts an extra twist to next week’s edition of “The Game” against Michigan on Saturday.
[Related: Box Score: No. 6 Ohio State 21, Wisconsin 14]
5 Comments
Some people had us out of the top 10. Their ballots were all over the place and made absolutely no sense.
That would be hilarious to see, Mark May would have a breakdown on set.
The only team I think we could even remotely hang with of the others in the top 5 is Notre Dame, and only if their offense sputters as it is known to do. Not the worst thing to be out of the running for a BCS bowl game this year.
Yes. The great thing about being AP #1 is that we’d never have to find out!
May would not acknowledge that it occurred