For the first time in nine years, the Big Ten holds the top two spots in the Associated Press’ college football Top 25.
Ohio State remains No. 1 despite a tight 20-13 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday. Michigan State jumped up two places to No. 2 following a 35-21 win over Air Force.
The Buckeyes received 42 first-place votes, and the Spartans received seven.
The Big Ten most recently held No. 1 and No. 2 when Ohio State was on top over Michigan heading into the teams’ regular-season-ending meeting in November 2006.
Ole Miss made the biggest jump in the rating, moving from No. 15 to a tie for No. 3 after a 43-37 victory over Alabama. The Rebels, who received 11 first-place votes, share the third spot with TCU, a 56-37 winner over SMU.
Baylor, which was idle this weekend, remained No. 5.
Rounding out the top 10 are Notre Dame, Georgia, LSU (which received one first-place vote), UCLA and Florida State.
The second 10 consists of Clemson, Alabama, Oregon, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Arizona, Northwestern, Utah, Southern California and Georgia Tech.
Stanford is No. 21. Wisconsin and BYU are tied for 22nd, and Oklahoma State and Missouri round out the rankings.
The 12th-ranked Crimson Tide and 13th-ranked Ducks, both 2-1, are the only top 15 teams with a loss. Oregon fell to Michigan State on Sept. 12.
USC made the largest drop of the week, slipping from No. 6 to No. 19 following a 41-31 home loss to Stanford.
Only two all-top-25 matchups are on the schedule for this week: No. 9 UCLA at No. 16 Arizona, and No. 13 Oregon at No. 18 Utah.