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Sooners rise to No. 2 in AP poll

Related Topics: San Jose Mercury News

After Oklahoma trounced Ohio State 31-16 on Saturday night, the team leapfrogged the Buckeyes again Sunday afternoon, this time in the Associated Press poll.

The Sooners supplanted Ohio State as the No. 2 team, moving up three spots for the program's highest ranking since 2011. The Buckeyes slid to No. 8 and are the highest ranked team with a loss.

Oklahoma picked up a pair of first-place votes from Kellis Robinett of the Wichita Eagle and Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News.

So why did Robinett and Wilner put Oklahoma ahead of Alabama?