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Poll Position: Ole Miss shifts in the rankings after opening win over Troy

11by:Jake Thompson•09/06/22•

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Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart showed off his dual-threat ability against Troy

Finally, all of the Week 1 college football games after Monday night’s finale between Clemson and Georgia Tech – a future opponent of Ole Miss.

Ole Miss will face the Yellowjackets next week in Atlanta, but are coming off a season-opening win over Troy. Despite getting to the 1-0 start the Rebels found themselves shifting in both directions in the first Top 25 rankings of the regular season.

The first Associated Press rankings pushed Ole Miss down a spot to No. 22. The wildness that was Week 1 may have been the culprit with BYU jumping four spots to supplant the Rebels at No. 21 and Florida moving from not ranked to No. 12 after its win over then-No. 7 Utah.

Voters could also have not seen enough from Ole Miss in its 28-10 victory to slot them up into the top 20.

Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and Clemson round out the top five of the AP Poll.

Related: Rebel Insider: The Ole Miss football defense got a lot of “sharks” in their Troy effort

The USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll was a little friendlier to Ole Miss, but not by much.

In the first regular season rankings released by the Coaches Poll, the Rebels moved up a spot to No. 23 after starting the preseason at No. 24.

Outside of the Gators making an 18 spot jump up to No. 19 and Oregon falling 12 spots to No. 24 the Coaches Poll was a little less chaotic than the AP rankings.

The Crimson Tide, Bulldogs, Buckeyes were the top three while the Tigers and Wolverines swapped spots in the Coaches Poll.

Associated Press Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Georgia
  3. Ohio State
  4. Michigan
  5. Clemson
  6. Texas A&M
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Notre Dame
  9. Baylor
  10. Southern California
  11. Oklahoma State
  12. Florida
  13. Utah
  14. Michigan State
  15. Miami
  16. Arkansas
  17. Pittsburgh
  18. North Carolina State
  19. Wisconsin
  20. Kentucky
  21. BYU
  22. Ole Miss
  23. Wake Forest
  24. Tennessee
  25. Houston

USA Today Coaches Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Georgia
  3. Ohio State
  4. Clemson
  5. Michigan
  6. Texas A&M
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Baylor
  9. Notre Dame
  10. Oklahoma State
  11. Michigan State
  12. Southern California
  13. North Carolina State
  14. Pittsburgh
  15. Utah
  16. Miami
  17. Arkansas
  18. Wisconsin
  19. Florida
  20. Kentucky
  21. Wake Forest
  22. Texas
  23. Ole Miss
  24. Oregon
  25. BYU

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