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College Football Playoffs: Did Ole Miss get a big bump for win over Georgia in latest rankings?

11by:Jake Thompson•11/12/24•

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NCAA Football: Georgia at Mississippi
Nov 9, 2024; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin watches during warm ups prior to the game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

Ole Miss got itself back in the College Football Playoff conversation on Saturday with its win over Georgia, its third straight Southeastern Conference win since losing to LSU in overtime last month.

The question, though, was how much did it help the Rebels CFP résumé and how close to the top 12 would they get.

Turns out the win over the former No. 3 team in last week’s rankings carried a lot of weight as Ole Miss moved up five spots to No. 11 in Tuesday’s second batch of rankings this season.

Going off this week’s rankings and bracket the Rebels would travel to No. 4 Penn State for a first round game on either Dec. 20 or 21. The winner would play 3 Seed BYU, who is actually ranked No. 6 but is a current leader of the Big 12 and gets a first round bye.

The Bulldogs, who lost to Ole Miss, fell nine spots to No. 12 and is currently the first team out via Boise State getting in as the highest ranked Group of 5 team despite being ranked No. 13.

Going off the current CFP rankings the Rebels are 2-1 against Top 25 teams with wins against Georgia and No. 21 South Carolina and the overtime loss to the No. 22 Tigers.

Ole Miss is off this weekend and could benefit with the result of No. 7 Tennessee at Georgia and No. 3 Texas at Arkansas.

Below is the latest College Football Playoffs rankings:

  1. Oregon (10-0)
  2. Ohio State (8-1)
  3. Texas (8-1)
  4. Penn State (8-1)
  5. Indiana (10-0)
  6. BYU (9-0)
  7. Tennessee (8-1)
  8. Notre Dame (8-1)
  9. Miami (9-1)
  10. Alabama (7-2)
  11. Ole Miss (8-2)
  12. Georgia (7-2)
  13. Boise State
  14. SMU
  15. Texas A&M (7-2)
  16. Kansas State (7-2)
  17. Colorado (7-2)
  18. Washington State (8-1)
  19. Louisville (6-3)
  20. Clemson (7-2)
  21. South Carolina (6-3)
  22. LSU (6-3)
  23. Missouri (7-2)
  24. Army (9-0)
  25. Tulane (8-2)

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