Ole Miss jumps five spots in AP Top 25 after win over Kentucky

OXFORD, Miss. — After a 22-19 win over then-No. 8 Kentucky Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway, Ole Miss has moved up five spots to No. 9 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 rankings.

There are seven SEC teams in this week’s poll: Alabama (1), Georgia (2), Tennessee (8), Ole Miss (9), Kentucky (13), Mississippi State (23), and LSU (25). A&M dropped out of this week’s ranking after a loss to Mississippi State Saturday.

The complete AP Top 25 poll is as follows:

1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Michigan
5. Clemson
6. USC
7. Oklahoma State
8. Tennessee
9. Ole Miss
10. Penn State
11. Utah
12. Oregon
13. Kentucky
14. North Carolina State
15. Wake Forest
16. BYU
17. TCU
18. UCLA
19. Kansas
20. Kansas State
21. Washington
22. Syracuse
23. Mississippi State
24. Cincinnati
25. LSU

Evelyn Van Pelt

Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn’s love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.