Skip to main content
ole-miss logo

POLL POSITION: Ole Miss nearly a consensus Top 10 team after fourth straight SEC win

11by:Jake Thompson•10/29/23•

JakeThompsonOn3

NCAA Football: Vanderbilt at Mississippi
Ole Miss cheerleaders preform between quarters against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports

A little over a month ago Ole Miss was on the doorstep of becoming a top 10 football team but that fell short with the loss at Alabama.

The Rebels have regrouped and responded with four straight Southeastern Conference victories, including Saturday’s 33-7 win over Vanderbilt. A season that looked potentially done before October has now turned into a season with everything still to play for as the calendar turns to November.

With four SEC wins against LSU, Arkansas, Auburn and Vanderbilt, Ole Miss (7-1, 4-1 SEC) has inched its way back up the rankings after dropping back down to No. 20 following the loss to the Crimson Tide.

Sunday’s latest Top 25 rankings from the Associated Press and Coaches Polls have rewarded the Rebels as a near consensus Top 10 team heading into the final month of the regular season.

Ole Miss moved up a spot to No. 10 in the coaches poll and one spot in the AP Poll to No. 11. A jump up in the polls is mostly due to the Rebels winning ways the last five weeks but also due to some upsets ahead of them.

Oklahoma fell out of the Top 10 in the Coaches Poll but dropped four spots to stay in the Top 10 of the AP Poll coming off its upset loss at the hands of Kansas on Saturday. Ole Miss also got some help by way of Arizona beating Oregon State as the Beavers were sitting just outside the Top 10 along with the Rebels in last week’s polls.

These rankings are fun to watch the rest of the regular season but starting Tuesday the all-important poll makes its 2023 debut. ESPN will release the first College Football Playoff Top 25 and Ole Miss should be within or right at the No. 10 spot.

Below are the full Top 25 rankings for the Associated Press and Coaches Polls

ASSOCIATED PRESS

  1. Georgia (8-0)
  2. Michigan (8-0)
  3. Ohio State (8-0)
  4. Florida State (8-0)
  5. Washington (8-0)
  6. Oregon (7-1)
  7. Texas (7-1)
  8. Alabama (7-1)
  9. Penn State (7-1)
  10. Oklahoma (7-1)
  11. Ole Miss (7-1)
  12. Notre Dame (7-2)
  13. LSU (6-2)
  14. Missouri (7-1)
  15. Louisville (7-1)
  16. Oregon State (6-2)
  17. Air Force (8-0)
  18. Utah (6-2)
  19. Tennessee (6-2)
  20. UCLA (6-2)
  21. Tulane (7-1)
  22. Kansas (6-2)
  23. James Madison (8-0)
  24. Southern California (7-2)
  25. Kansas State (6-2)

COACHES POLL

  1. Georgia
  2. Michigan
  3. Ohio State
  4. Florida State
  5. Washington
  6. Texas
  7. Oregon
  8. Alabama
  9. Penn State
  10. Ole Miss
  11. Oklahoma
  12. Notre Dame
  13. LSU
  14. Missouri
  15. Louisville
  16. Tennessee
  17. Air Force
  18. Utah
  19. Oregon State
  20. UCLA
  21. Tulane
  22. Southern California
  23. Kansas
  24. James Madison
  25. North Carolina

You may also like