Week six brought the first open date of the year for Ole Miss after five straight games and it was a well-deserved rest. The bye also meant the Rebels could not do any damage to its first Top-5 ranking in a decade, either.
There was not a lot of chaos around college football on Saturday minus Penn State’s loss to then-winless UCLA and Texas’ loss at Florida in The Swamp. The Longhorns suffered a fate akin to what the Rebels experienced a year ago, seemingly putting their College Football Playoff hopes in danger the first week of October.
For Ole Miss those CFP hopes are alive and well, staying at No. 4 in both the Associated Press and Coaches Polls released on Sunday.
The Rebels (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) were once the again the highest-ranked SEC team for a second straight week, though Texas A&M made a move up a spot to No. 5. Oklahoma is No. 6 with Alabama (8) and Georgia (10) rounding out SEC teams in the Top 10.
There are a total of nine SEC teams in this week’s AP Top 25. Texas fell out of the poll after its loss to Florida, dropping from No. 9.
Below are the complete Top 25 rankings from the Associated Press and Coaches Polls.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ohio State (5-0)
Miami (5-0)
Oregon (5-0)
Ole Miss (5-0)
Texas A&M (5-0)
Oklahoma (5-0)
Indiana (5-0)
Alabama (4-1)
Texas Tech (5-0)
Georgia (4-1)
LSU (4-1)
Tennessee (4-1)
Georgia Tech (5-0)
Missouri (5-0)
Michigan (4-1)
Notre Dame (3-2)
Illinois (5-1)
BYU (5-0)
Virginia (5-1)
Vanderbilt (5-1)
Arizona State (4-1)
Iowa State (5-1)
Memphis (6-0)
South Florida (4-1)
Florida State (3-2)
COACHES POLL
Ohio State
Oregon
Miami
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Indiana
Alabama
Georgia
Texas Tech
LSU
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Missouri
Michigan
Notre Dame
Illinois
BYU
Texas
Vanderbilt
Iowa State
Penn State
Arizona State
Virginia
Memphis