Week 4 turned the Coaches Poll into a full-blown shuffle, and the biggest shockwaves landed right in the middle of the rankings. Six ranked teams went down in a slate packed with marquee matchups, and that kind of carnage always forces voters to redraw the map.
Texas is still sitting at No. 1, and the Longhorns have the kind of resume that keeps them there: wins over Ohio State and Tennessee, including a 20-17 result against the Volunteers in Week 4. Georgia stays right behind at No. 2 after blasting Oklahoma 41-13 and making a strong first real statement of the season.
Notre Dame remains No. 3, while Miami (FL) climbs to No. 4 and Indiana checks in at No. 5.
Florida made one of the week’s biggest jumps, vaulting all the way to No. 8 after a 52-28 win. The Gators were No. 22 last week, so that’s a major leap.
The other eye-catching rise belongs to Iowa, which moves up to No. 14 after starting the week at No. 17.
Ole Miss took the hardest fall among the top teams that lost. The Rebels dropped to No. 12 after being No. 6 in the previous poll.
USC also slid after its loss to Oregon, landing at No. 18.
Tennessee fell four spots to No. 17, while Penn State’s loss to unranked Wisconsin sent the Nittany Lions tumbling eight places to No. 22.
Michigan dropped to No. 24 after its defeat, and Oklahoma is out entirely after entering last week at No. 24 and taking its second loss of the season.
The rest of the top 10 has Ohio State at No. 6, Alabama at No.
7, BYU at No. 9 and Texas Tech at No. 10.
LSU sits at No. 11, Utah is No.
13, Oregon is No. 15 and Mississippi State debuts at No. 16 after being unranked. SMU enters at No.
19, Houston at No. 20, Duke at No.
21, UCLA at No. 23 and Missouri rounds out the poll at No. 25.
The latest Coaches Poll:
- Texas
- Georgia
- Notre Dame
- Miami (FL)
- Indiana
- Ohio State
- Alabama
- Florida
- BYU
- Texas Tech
- LSU
- Ole Miss
- Utah
- Iowa
- Oregon
- Mississippi State
- Tennessee
- USC
- SMU
- Houston
- Duke
- Penn State
- UCLA
- Michigan
- Missouri
Dropped out: No. 19 Louisville; No.
20 Texas A&M; No. 23 Washington; No.
24 Oklahoma.
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ESPNs Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach took an early crack at sorting out the SEC postseason picture after Week 4, and the exercise offered a useful glimpse at where Ole Miss could be headed if the season keeps trending the way it has started. Their bowl projections covered 13 league teams and went beyond simple destination guessing, with possible matchups and playoff seedings factored into the mix as the conference race begins to take shape.
For Ole Miss fans, the appeal is obvious: this is the kind of early roadmap that invites a lot of second-guessing, especially with the two analysts not always landing on the same answer for several teams. South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Arkansas were left out of the projections entirely, but the more interesting part for the Rebels is how their own path stacks up against the rest of the SEC as the leagues bowl and playoff picture slowly comes into focus. [Read more 🡒]
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The timing may help, because the staff now has extra days to clean up the run defense and get the unit back to the standard it set earlier in the season. Floridas Jadan Baugh and Duke Clark were among the backs who kept Ole Miss under constant pressure, and that kind of breakdown tends to linger if it is not addressed quickly. The Rebels do not have to play this weekend, but the concern coming out of Gainesville is the sort that can follow a team long after the bye ends. [Read more 🡒]
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For Ole Miss, the bigger point is that one setback has not erased Chambliss from the sports biggest individual discussion. His production has kept him in the same tier as other early-season standouts, and with the schedule still offering plenty of chances to add to that resume, the Rebels still have a quarterback whose name belongs in the Heisman mix. [Read more 🡒]