Ole Miss Moves Up in AP Top 25 Following Win Over Tulane
The Ole Miss Rebels moved up in the latest installment of the AP Top 25 poll released on Sunday afternoon, pushing deeper among the top 20 teams in the country.
Ranked at No. 20 in the poll last week, the Rebels saw their position improve to No. 17 entering Week 3 of the college football season. You can find the entirety of the poll below with SEC teams indicated in bold.
1. Georgia Bulldogs
2. Michigan Wolverines
3. Florida State Seminoles
4. Texas Longhorns
5. USC Trojans
6. Ohio State Buckeyes
7. Penn State Nittany Lions
8. Washington Huskies
9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
10. Alabama Crimson Tide
11. Tennessee Volunteers
12. Utah Utes
13. Oregon Ducks
14. LSU Tigers
15. Kansas State Wildcats
16. Oregon State Beavers
17. Ole Miss Rebels
18. Colorado Buffaloes
19. Oklahoma Sooners
20. North Carolina Tar Heels
21. Duke Blue Devils
22. Miami Hurricanes
23. Washington State Cougars
24. UCLA Bruins
25. Iowa Hawkeyes
In total, the Rebels are one of five teams from the Southeastern Conference to make this week's installment of the AP Poll. Three other SEC teams (Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State) received votes as well.
Also of note is the fact that the Tulane Green Wave fell from No. 24 to out of the poll entirely this week after falling to the Rebels on Saturday. The Green Wave received 17 tallies in this week's voting.
Ole Miss will carry its No. 17 ranking into a home matchup against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets this Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
