Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, November 20, 2016

The Big Ten boasts three top 5 teams in the latest AP poll, released Sunday. It has three of the top 6 in the Coaches poll.

Ohio State remains No. 2 for the second straight week, while Michigan moved up one spot, to No. 3, and No. 5 Wisconsin makes its 2016 top 5 debut.

With Penn State at No. 8, the Big Ten makes up half of the top 8, just as it did in last week's College Football Playoff. No. 17 Nebraska rounds out the Big Ten's ranked contingent.

View both polls below.

AP Rankings
Rankings as of 11/20/2016
Rank School Votes Prev
1 Alabama (11-0) 1525 (61) 1
2 Ohio State (10-1) 1455 2
3 Michigan (10-1) 1370 4
4 Clemson (10-1) 1347 5
5 Wisconsin (9-2) 1255 6
6 Washington (10-1) 1220 7
7 Oklahoma (9-2) 1169 8
8 Penn State (9-2) 1091 9
9 Colorado (9-2) 997 12
10 Oklahoma State (9-2) 868 13
11 Louisville (9-2) 830 3
12 USC (8-3) 811 15
13 Florida (8-2) 703 21
14 Western Michigan (11-0) 701 14
15 Florida State (8-3) 661 17
16 Auburn (8-3) 613 18
17 Nebraska (9-2) 593 19
18 Houston (9-2) 490 NR
19 West Virginia (8-2) 448 10
20 Boise State (10-1) 389 22
21 Utah (8-3) 280 11
22 Texas A&M (8-3) 253 23
23 Washington State (8-3) 186 20
24 Tennessee (8-3) 133 NR
25 LSU (6-4) 84 16

Others: Stanford (81) , Virginia Tech (77) , Navy (62) , North Carolina (55) , Pittsburgh (24) , South Florida (24) , Arkansas (10) , Iowa (7) , Troy (6) , Minnesota (5) , Temple (1) , Wyoming (1)

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Coaches' Rankings
Rankings as of 11/20/2016
Rank School Votes Prev
1 Alabama (11-0) 1575 (63) 1
2 Ohio State (10-1) 1482 2
3 Clemson (10-1) 1420 5
4 Michigan (10-1) 1404 4
5 Washington (10-1) 1297 7
6 Wisconsin (9-2) 1279 6
7 Oklahoma (9-2) 1215 8
8 Penn State (9-2) 1077 10
9 Colorado (9-2) 1052 12
10 Oklahoma State (9-2) 947 13
11 Louisville (9-2) 864 3
12 USC (8-3) 774 19
13 Florida (8-2) 744 18
14 Florida State (8-3) 735 15
15 Nebraska (9-2) 719 17
16 Auburn (8-3) 663 16
17 West Virginia (8-2) 489 9
18 Western Michigan (11-0) 448 21
19 Boise State (10-1) 414 23
20 Utah (8-3) 374 11
21 Houston (9-2) 349 NR
22 Texas A&M (8-3) 315 22
23 Washington State (8-3) 132 20
24 Tennessee (8-3) 129 NR
25 North Carolina (8-3) 118 24

Others: Virginia Tech (101) , Stanford (96) , LSU (90) , Navy (82) , South Florida (46) , Minnesota (11) , Arkansas (10) , Pittsburgh (8) , San Diego State (7) , Wyoming (6) , Miami (FL) (1) , Iowa (1) , Tulsa (1)