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While the Spartans gave a good performance for two-and-a-half to three quarters in Eugene last night, the Ducks' pace was eventually too much for MSU, and they fell a bit in this week's Coaches poll. Obviously polls have a lot less influence on who plays for the national title then they did a year ago, but it's still interesting to see where the Spartans rank. The Spartans fell seven spots to #13 in the Coaches' Poll this week, while Oregon stays at #4.
Here are some things of interest:
- There are three other Big Ten teams in the poll: Wisconsin at #17, Ohio State at #18, and Nebraska at #21.
- Ohio State fell 11 spots from #7 to #18. This was still not big enough of a fall to put them behind the #19 ranked Virginia Tech Hokies, the team that beat them 35-21 in Columbus.
- Nebraska also falls three spots. That's what happens when you need Ameer Abdullah to make sure you beat an FCS foe without overtime.
- Other Big Ten teams receiving votes: Minnesota (17 votes), Iowa (9 votes), Michigan (2 votes? OK then).
Here's the poll in full:
Ranking | School | First Place votes |
1 | Florida State | 51 |
2 | Alabama | 1 |
3 | Oklahoma | 3 |
4 | Oregon | 6 |
5 | Auburn | |
6 | Georgia | 1 |
7 | Baylor | |
8 | Texas A&M | |
9 | LSU | |
10 | USC | |
11 | Notre Dame | |
12 | UCLA | |
13 | Michigan State | |
14 | Arizona State | |
15 | Ole Miss | |
16 | Stanford | |
17 | Wisconsin | |
18 | Ohio State | |
19 | Virginia Tech | |
20 | Kansas State | |
21 | Nebraska | |
22 | Missouri | |
23 | South Carolina | |
24 | Clemson | |
25 | North Carolina |