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Ohio State returns to RJ Young’s top five after Week 5

FOX Sports commentator RJ Young lifted Ohio State back into his top five, with Alabama and Missouri also rising after a weekend of notable results.

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Ohio State has returned to the top five in RJ Young’s latest college football rankings, published by FOX Sports after Week 5. Alabama and Missouri also moved up, though the supplied rankings material does not show their exact positions or the scale of their rises.

The rankings followed Missouri’s win over Florida, Alabama’s victory over Mississippi State and Pittsburgh’s home win over Virginia Tech. Pittsburgh moved into Young’s top 25, while Virginia Tech dropped out.

Young described the SEC results as a chain of teams beating one another: Alabama beat Mississippi State, which beat Missouri; Missouri beat Florida; Florida beat Ole Miss; and Ole Miss beat LSU.

He argued that Texas and Georgia currently look like the SEC’s strongest championship contenders. That is Young’s assessment, and he said upcoming games could change it.

The supplied article text does not include the complete rankings, limiting what can be said about the teams’ relative positions.

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