Rebels Crack Top 25 in Preseason Coaches Poll
OXFORD, Miss. – The 2023 college football season is less than 30 days away, and that means the Preseason Coaches Poll has officially been released. Ole Miss has been getting a decent amount of hype entering this season, and the coaches agree, as the Rebels broke into the ranking at No. 22.
The poll features four of Ole Miss’ 2023 opponents. Georgia and Alabama coming in at No. 1 and No. 3 respectively is no surprise. Texas A&M also squeaked into the poll at No. 25.
But perhaps the most interesting team in the poll for Rebel fans is Tulane, sitting right behind Ole Miss at No. 23. The Rebels face the Green Wave on September 9th in New Orleans, La.
The last time Ole Miss faced Tulane, Matt Corral led the 2021 squad to a 40-point victory, 61-21.
But that Tulane team finished 2021 with a 2-10 record. 2022’s Green Wave flipped the script, finishing 12-2, including winning a 46-45 thriller over USC in the Cotton Bowl.
The Rebels have a brutal schedule in 2023, including being the only SEC team to have to play on the road at both Georgia and Alabama. And while it will be all too easy to look ahead to that all-important SEC play, Tulane cannot be overlooked, and will certainly be bringing everything they have to pull the upset and get revenge on the 2021 beatdown they took at the hands of the Rebels.
Full Coaches Poll
The full 2023 Preseason Coaches Poll is as follows:
No. 1 – Georgia Bulldogs
No. 2 – Michigan Wolverings
No. 3 – Alabama Crimson Tide
No. 4 – Ohio State Buckeyes
No. 5 – LSU Tigers
No. 6 – USC Trojans
No. 7 – Penn State Nittany Lions
No. 8 – Florida State Seminoles
No. 9 – Clemson Tigers
No. 10 – Tennessee Volunteers
No. 11 – Washington Huskies
No. 12 – Texas Longhorns
No. 13 – Notre Dame Fighting Irish
No. 14 – Utah Utes
No. 15 – Oregon Ducks
No. 16 – TCU Horned Frogs
No. 17 – Kansas State Wildcats
No. 18 – Oregon State Beavers
No. 19 – Oklahoma Sooners
No. 20 – North Carolina Tar Heels
No. 21 – Wisconsin Badgers
No. 22 – Ole Miss Rebels
No. 23 – Tulane Green Wave
No. 24 – Texas Tech Red Raiders
No. 25 – Texas A&M Aggies
Austin Eldridge
Austin has more than ten years in sports media, including sports talk radio, play-by-play broadcasting and journalism. He has followed Ole Miss athletics for his entire life and has covered the Rebels and the rest of the SEC while working in the Memphis media market. Outside of sports media, Austin is a musician and outdoorsman. Before a serious accident forced him to be medically discharged, he was a multi-media journalist with the Mississippi National Guard.
