Poll Position: Did Ole Miss stay in the Top 25 after the loss to Alabama?
The first loss of the season occurred for Ole Miss on Saturday in a 24-10 defeat at the hands of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Nothing pretty about what transpired inside Bryant-Denny Stadium as Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin and players all echoed the same sentiment that this was the year they thought a victory over the Crimson Tide could happen.
Nevertheless a win did not transpire and the Rebels (3-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) have to regroup quickly with No. 13 LSU and Arkansas coming to Oxford the next two Saturdays.
But how did a Top 15 matchcup that did not go Ole Miss’ way affect the voters of the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls?
Despite losing in what was a one-sided second half the Rebels managed to remain a consensus Top 20 team heading into week five of the season. In the Coaches Poll Ole Miss dropped four spots to No. 20 while the Associated Press it dropped five spots to No. 20.
Alabama moved up a spot in the Coaches Poll to No. 11 and up a spot to No. 12 in the AP Poll coming off Saturday’s win.
Below are the full Top 25 rankings for the Associated Press and Coaches Polls
ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL
- Georgia (4-0)
- Michigan (4-0)
- Texas (4-0)
- Ohio State (4-0)
- Florida State (4-0)
- Penn State (4-0)
- Washington (4-0)
- Southern California (4-0)
- Oregon (4-0)
- Utah (4-0)
- Notre Dame (4-1)
- Alabama (3-1)
- LSU (3-1)
- Oklahoma (4-0)
- North Carolina (4-0)
- Washington State (4-0)
- Duke (4-0)
- Miami (4-0)
- Oregon State (3-1)
- Ole Miss (3-1)
- Tennessee (3-1)
- Florida (3-1)
- Missouri (4-0)
- Kansas (4-0)
- Fresno State (4-0)
COACHES POLL
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Ohio State
- Florida State
- Texas
- Southern California
- Penn State
- Washington
- Oregon
- Utah
- Alabama
- LSU
- Notre Dame
- Oklahoma
- North Carolina
- Duke
- Washington State
- Miami
- Tennessee
- Ole Miss
- Oregon State
- Missouri
- Florida
- Kansas
- Kansas State
