Ole Miss moves up to No. 14 in Week 3 AP poll, No. 15 in coaches’ poll

The Ole Miss Rebels moved up in both the Associated Press and Amway Coaches’ polls Sunday afternoon, one day after trouncing SEC rival Vanderbilt 41-3 in Nashville.

Ole Miss moved up two spots in the coaches’ poll to No. 15, and moved up one spot in the AP poll to No. 14 this week. The Rebels benefited from losses by three teams ranked ahead of them last week (Michigan State, Ohio State and Stanford), although two of those teams lost to fellow top-15 programs.

Nevertheless, the Rebels impressive performance against the Commodores caught the eye of the AP and the coaches, sliding them up in both polls. Ole Miss is one of eight SEC teams ranked in both polls, but it sits behind five top-10 teams from the conference in Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Texas A&M and LSU.

Here’s a full rundown of this week’s AP Top 25 poll:

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

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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.