Ohio State Ranked 10th in Final AP Poll for 2023 Season

By Dan Hope on January 9, 2024 at 1:50 am
Ryan Day and the Buckeyes after the Cotton Bowl
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Ohio State is ranked 10th in the final AP poll for the 2023 season.

The Buckeyes finished behind Michigan, Washington, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Florida State, Oregon, Missouri and Ole Miss in the final rankings for the year, which were released early Tuesday morning following Michigan’s win over Washington in the national championship game.

Final AP Top 25 of 2023
Rank Team Record Points (1st-Place Votes)
1 MICHIGAN 15-0 1,525 (61)
2 WASHINGTON 14-1 1,459
3 TEXAS 12-2 1,356
4 GEORGIA 13-1 1,328
5 ALABAMA 12-2 1,321
6 FLORIDA STATE 13-1 1,175
6 OREGON 12-2 1,175
8 MISSOURI 11-2 1,092
9 OLE MISS 11-2 1,030
10 OHIO STATE 11-2 1,006
11 ARIZONA 10-3 861
12 LSU 10-3 853
13 PENN STATE 10-3 796
14 NOTRE DAME 10-3 745
15 OKLAHOMA 10-3 691
16 OKLAHOMA STATE 10-4 528
17 TENNESSEE 9-4 442
18 KANSAS STATE 9-4 402
19 LOUISVILLE 10-4 398
20 CLEMSON 9-4 327
21 N.C. STATE 9-4 244
22 SMU 11-3 183
23 KANSAS 9-4 153
24 IOWA 10-4 150
25 LIBERTY 13-1 139

The 10th-place finish is the lowest final ranking for Ohio State since the Buckeyes finished 12th in the final AP poll of 2013. Going into this year, the Buckeyes had finished in the top six of the final AP rankings for each of the last nine seasons.

Final AP Rankings Since 2014
Year Rank
2014 #1
2015 #4
2016 #6
2017 #5
2018 #3
2019 #3
2020 #2
2021 #6
2022 #4
2023 #10

Although Ohio State finished this season with the same record (11-2) that it finished each of the last two seasons with, that record resulted in a lower ranking this year as the Buckeyes were just one of 10 Power 5 teams that finished the season with two losses or fewer. Ohio State was the only one of those teams to end the season with back-to-back losses, falling to Michigan and Missouri in its last two games of the year, and the Buckeyes finished as the lowest-ranked of those teams as a result.

Even with the drop in the rankings, Ohio State continued its streak of finishing in the top 10 in the AP poll in all 10 years of the College Football Playoff era. The only other school to accomplish that feat is Alabama, which has now finished in the top 10 of the AP poll for 13 straight years.

Ohio State also finished 10th in the final Coaches Poll of the season.

Rank Team Record Points 1st
1 MICHIGAN 15-0 1575 63
2 WASHINGTON 14-1 1507 0
3 GEORGIA 13-1 1389 0
4 TEXAS 12-2 1382 0
5 ALABAMA 12-2 1356 0
6 FLORIDA STATE 13-1 1218 0
7 OREGON 12-2 1213 0
8 MISSOURI 11-2 1143 0
9 OLE MISS 11-2 1082 0
10 OHIO STATE 11-2 1014 0
11 ARIZONA 10-3 898 0
12 LSU 10-3 890 0
13 PENN STATE 10-3 811 0
14 NOTRE DAME 10-3 772 0
15 OKLAHOMA 10-3 691 0
16 OKLAHOMA STATE 10-4 575 0
17 TENNESSEE 9-4 529 0
18 LOUISVILLE 10-4 460 0
19 KANSAS STATE 9-4 386 0
20 CLEMSON 9-4 334 0
21 N.C. STATE 9-4 271 0
22 IOWA 10-4 249 0
23 KANSAS 9-4 158 0
24 SMU 11-3 119 0
25 WEST VIRGINIA 9-4 117 0
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