Oklahoma State Moves to No. 9 in AP Poll and No. 8 in Coaches

After dropping last week in the AP Poll following their 59-24 defeat of Tulsa, Oklahoma State moved up to No. 9 after steamrolling South Alabama 44-7 on Friday night.

There was movement in front of the Cowboys — namely OU going to No. 2 and Ohio State falling to No. 8 — and OSU jumped Wisconsin (which beat FAU) and Florida State (which was off).

Here’s a look at the Week 2 AP Poll

Week 3 AP Top 25

RANK	TEAM	First Place	Points	Last week
1	ALABAMA	58	1,522	1
2	OKLAHOMA	2	1,447	5
3	CLEMSON	1	1,380	3
4	USC	–	1,324	6
5	PENN STATE	–	1,299	4
6	WASHINGTON	–	1,124	7
7	MICHIGAN	–	1,107	8
8	OHIO STATE	–	1,003	2
9	OKLAHOMA STATE	–	1,002	11
10	WISCONSIN	–	993	9
11	FLORIDA STATE	–	944	10
12	LSU	–	935	12
13	GEORGIA	–	882	15
14	LOUISVILLE	–	658	17
15	AUBURN	–	591	13
16	VIRGINIA TECH	–	559	18
17	MIAMI (FL)	–	542	16
18	KANSAS STATE	–	475	19
19	STANFORD	–	364	14
20	TCU	–	352	23
21	WASHINGTON STATE	–	233	20
22	SOUTH FLORIDA	–	188	21
23	TENNESSEE	–	159	25
24	FLORIDA	–	146	22
25	UCLA	–	119	–

Who jumped up?

The two teams from Oklahoma were among the biggest movers this week. USC also went from No. 6 to No. 4 (you know voters were dying to do this, and the Trojans beat Stanford late on Saturday). Georgia moved up two spots after beating Notre Dame and Louisville went up three. TCU went up to No. 20 from No. 23 after beating Arkansas on the road.

Who dropped off?

Ohio State went from No. 2 to No. 8. Penn State dropped a spot after beating Pitt 33-14. Auburn dropped a pair of slots after getting thwarted by Clemson in Death Valley.

Now let’s take a look at the Coaches Poll where OSU is up to No. 8, ahead of Ohio State.

Week 3 Coaches Poll Top 25

Rank	Team	First place	Points	Last Week
1	Alabama	58	1497	1
2	Clemson	2	1386	3
3	Oklahoma	0	1385	6
4	Southern California	0	1308	5
5	Penn State	0	1256	4
6	Washington	0	1173	7
7	Michigan	0	1082	8
8	Oklahoma State	0	1026	10
9	Ohio State	0	962	2
10	Florida State	0	926	9
11	Louisiana State	0	920	12
12	Wisconsin	0	919	11
13	Georgia	0	830	15
14	Louisville	0	658	16
15	Miami	0	551	17
16	Virginia Tech	0	509	18
17	Auburn	0	488	13
18	Kansas State	0	487	19
19	Stanford	0	372	14
20	Texas Christian	0	271	26
21	South Florida	0	249	20
22	Washington State	0	244	22
23	Tennessee	0	219	21
24	Utah	0	182	23
25	Florida	0	134	24

Conclusion

Here’s a look at where OSU has been in each poll.

	Preseason	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
AP	No. 10	No. 11	No. 9	–
Coaches	No. 11	No. 10	No. 8	–