Ole Miss rises to No. 10 in AP Top 25, No. 12 in Amway Coaches’ Poll

The Ole Miss Rebels continue to rise in both the Associated Press Poll and the Amway Coaches’ Poll amid a perfect 3-0 start to the 2014 season.

The Rebels were slotted at No. 10 in Sunday’s AP Top 25, and came in at No. 12 in this week’s Coaches’ Poll following a 56-15 win over the UL Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns in Oxford on Saturday afternoon.

Ole Miss has moved up in both polls following each of its three games this season. The Rebels are one of eight SEC teams ranked in each poll, five of which are ranked in the AP’s top 10. Five SEC West teams are ranked ahead of every SEC East team in this week’s polls.

Here is this week’s complete AP Top 25:

1. Florida State
2. Oregon
3. Alabama
4. Oklahoma
5. Auburn
6. Texas A&M
7. Baylor
8. LSU
9. Notre Dame
10. Ole Miss
11. Michigan State
12. UCLA
13. Georgia
14. South Carolina
15. Arizona State
16. Stanford
17. USC
18. Missouri
19. Wisconsin
20. Kansas State
21. BYU
22. Clemson
23. Ohio State
24. Oklahoma State

Here’s this week’s Amway Coaches Poll:

1. Florida State
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. Oklahoma
5. Auburn
6. Baylor
7. Texas A&M
8. LSU
9. Notre Dame
10. UCLA
11. Michigan State
12. Ole Miss
13. Arizona State
14. Georgia
15. Stanford
16. South Carolina
17. Wisconsin
18. Ohio State
19. Missouri
20. Kansas State
21. USC
22. Nebraska
23. BYU
24. Clemson
25. North Carolina

Ethan Levine

A former newspaper reporter who has roamed the southeastern United States for years covering football and eating way too many barbecue ribs, if there is such a thing.