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POLL POSITION: Ole Miss drops despite win over Oklahoma

11by: Jake Thompson10/27/24JakeThompsonOn3
NCAA Football: Oklahoma at Mississippi
Oct 26, 2024; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Oklahoma Sooners and Mississippi Rebels helmets sit on the field prior to the game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

Ole Miss got itself back on track with its 26-14 win over Oklahoma on Saturday and with four games remaining is still in control of putting itself back in the College Football Playoffs.

A week from Tuesday the first CFP Top 25 rankings will be released, which is the only poll that will matter moving forward in terms of where the Rebels will be in the postseason race.

For now, though, Sunday’s latest Associated Press and Coaches Polls still hold some guidance on where teams might shakeout and for Ole Miss (6-2, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) it is still a hole climb out of.

The Rebels stayed put in the Coaches Poll at No. 18 but shifted down a spot in the new AP Top 25 to No. 19.

The problem is a lot of shuffling is happening above them and the week off last weekend after losing to LSU in overtime hurts them for now. But the final four games at Arkansas, against No. 2 Georgia, at Florida and against Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl carry a lot of weight moving forward.

It is easy to sit and say well they are just seven spots out of the Top 12, but that is now how the CFP is going to fill out its expanded 12-team format. The Group of 5 gets one of those slots, going to the highest ranked G5 team in the poll.

So, winning out is the only path and that win over the Bulldogs could be enough — with some some help elsewhere in the SEC and country — to get them back to the CFP.

The complete AP and Coaches Poll Top 25 are below:

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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

COACHES POLL

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

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