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Updating Oregon's rankings in college football polls entering its game against Ohio State

It was a chaotic weekend in college football as upsets reigned on a wild Saturday of games.

On Friday, however, Oregon handled its business against Michigan State, winning 31-10 at Autzen Stadium.

Those two factors contributed to a bump in the national rankings Sunday morning for the Ducks (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten), as well as for Ohio State (5-0, 2-0), which heads to Eugene this Saturday for a highly anticipated 4:30 p.m. game that will also feature the presence of ESPN's "College GameDay" pregame show.

Oregon Ducks wide receiver Evan Stewart is thrown into the air after catching a touchdown reception as the Ducks host the Spartans Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore.
Oregon Ducks wide receiver Evan Stewart is thrown into the air after catching a touchdown reception as the Ducks host the Spartans Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore.

Oregon moved up three spots to No. 3 in the US LBM Coaches Poll, and in the Associated Press Top 25 media poll.

The Buckeyes went from No. 3 to No. 2 in both polls as well.

Both benefited from losses by several top-10 teams on Saturday, as then-No. 2/1 Alabama lost to Vanderbilt, then-No. 4/4 Tennessee lost to Arkansas, then-No. 9/9 Missouri lost to Texas A&M and then-No. 10/10 Michigan lost to Washington in a rematch of last season's national championship game.

Then-No. 15/11 Southern California also lost to Minnesota, keeping the Trojans from possibly climbing into the top 10.

With that, the reshuffled top 10 in the coaches poll now has Texas (5-0) holding at No. 1, then Ohio State and Oregon, with Georgia (4-1) at No. 4 followed by No. 5 Penn State (5-0), No. 6 Miami (6-0), No. 7 Alabama (5-1), No. 8 Ole Miss (5-1), No. 9 Tennessee (4-1) and No. 10 LSU (4-1).

Also from the Big Ten are No. 20 Indiana (6-0), No. 21 Michigan (4-2) and No. 23 Illinois (4-1), with USC, Nebraska, Washington, Rutgers and Iowa also receiving votes.

The AP top 10 also has Texas at No. 1, along with No. 4 Penn State State, No. 5 Georgia, No. 6 Miami, No. 7 Alabama, No. 8 Tennessee, No. 9 Ole Miss and No. 10 Clemson.

Indiana is in a three-way tie for No. 18 with Kansas State and Oklahoma, Illinois is No. 23, Michigan is No. 24, and USC, Nebraska, Iowa and Washington all received votes.

Also of note is Boise State (4-1), which is No. 22 in the coaches poll and No. 17 in the AP poll. The Ducks defeated the Broncos 37-34 on Sept. 7.

Chris Hansen covers University of Oregon football, men’s basketball, track and field, cross country and softball for The Register-Guard. You can reach him at chansen@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @chansen_RG.

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