A rough Week 10 sent Ohio State tumbling, kept UCLA perfect, and shuffled the Big Ten picture in a hurry.
The biggest hit landed on the Buckeyes, who were already licking their wounds after a 30-18 loss at USC a week earlier. This time, No.
10 Ohio State blew a 14-0 lead and got run over by Oregon, 41-28, as the Ducks piled up 38 unanswered points. It was another ugly setback for a program that has now lost at least three regular-season games for the first time since 2011, when it finished 6-7 under interim coach Luke Fickell.
While Ohio State was sliding, No. 5 UCLA kept rolling.
The Bruins stayed unbeaten with a 34-20 win at Minnesota, and quarterback Ty Dieffenbach barely needed volume to do damage. He completed only eight passes, but those throws went for 303 yards, highlighted by a pair of 75-yard touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
The rest of the Big Ten slate brought more movement. Michigan lost 15-6 to Michigan State in the rivalry game, No.
20 Iowa handled No. 23 Northwestern 24-10, and Penn State escaped Washington with a 28-25 win in Seattle.
Those results fed directly into the new national rankings. Here’s how the US LBM Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 looked after Week 10, with Big Ten teams in bold and first-place votes in parentheses:
US LBM Coaches Poll
Georgia (54)
Utah (14)
Notre Dame (2)
UCLA (1)
Indiana (2)
Miami
Alabama
Texas
Tennessee
Texas Tech
Wake Forest
BYU
Kentucky
USC
Iowa
Houston
Mississippi
Boise State
Oregon
Ohio State
Arizona
LSU
SMU
South Carolina
New Mexico
AP Top 25
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