For the first time this season, Ohio State is the No. 1 team in the land. The Buckeyes thrashed Michigan State 49-20, while last week’s No. 1, Alabama, dropped to No. 3 following a 24-20 win over Texas A&M.

Photo via Reid Murray.

Rank	Team	Points	Record	Trend
1	22 Ohio State	1273	6-0	+1
2	17 Georgia	1269	6-0	+1
3	14 Alabama	1254	6-0	-2
4	Clemson	1144	6-0	+1
5	Michigan	1092	6-0	-1
6	Tennessee	1051	6-0	+2
7	USC	1015	6-0	–
8	Oklahoma State	984	6-0	-2
9	Ole Miss	887	6-0	–
10	Penn State	826	6-0	+1
11	UCLA	739	6-0	+7
12	Oregon	720	5-1	–
13	TCU	673	6-0	+6
14	Wake Forest	652	5-1	+1
15	North Carolina State	628	5-1	-1
16	Kansas State	450	5-1	+4
17	Mississippi State	437	5-1	+7
T-18	Utah	329	4-2	-8
T-18	Syracuse	329	5-0	+4
20	Kansas	265	5-1	-3
21	Cincinnati	217	5-1	NR
22	Kentucky	174	4-2	-9
23	Texas	149	4-2	NR
24	Baylor	129	3-2	-3
25	James Madison	94	5-0	NR

New entrants: Cincinnati (21), Texas (23), James Madison (25)

Dropped out: BYU (16), Washington (23), Arkansas (25)

Receiving votes: BYU (65), Coastal Carolina (65), Illinois (51), North Carolina (49), Notre Dame (40), Purdue (39), Minnesota (35), Tulane (22), Washington State (18) South Carolina (12), Washington (10), Oregon State (8), LSU (6), South Alabama (6), Florida (5), UCF (5), Florida State (4), Arkansas (3), San Jose State (1), Toledo (1)

A full breakdown of individual ballots cast by each voter can be found here.