Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard (18) runs toward Michigan Wolverines linebacker Ernest Hausmann (15) during the NCAA football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. Michigan won 13-10. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Ohio State tumbled down the fifth College Football Playoff rankings of 2024, but some fans didn’t think it was as long enough a fall as deserved. The Buckeyes’ Saturday loss to archrival Michigan sent the program from second to sixth in the rankings behind schools like Oregon, Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame and Georgia.

With OSU’s loss, there was a jumbling near the top. Oregon remained No.1 followed by Texas (2), Penn State (3), Notre Dame (4), and Georgia (5) ahead of the Scarlet and Gray. Rounding out the top ten behind OSU was Tennessee (7), (8) SMU (8), Indiana (9), and Boise State (10).