First College Football Playoff Rankings of Season Released: Where did the Rebels Land?
OXFORD, Miss. — The first College Football Playoff rankings for the season were released this evening, and Ole Miss comes in at No. 16.
🚫🐀☠️@CFBPlayoff | #HottyToddy pic.twitter.com/eAPRXSm9WN
— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) November 6, 2024
The SEC has eight teams in the first round of rankings: Georgia (3), Texas (5), Tennessee (7), Alabama (11), A&M (14), LSU (15), Ole Miss (16) and Missouri (22).
The complete Top 25 for Nov. 5 is as follows:
1) Oregon
2) Ohio State
3) Georgia
4) Miami
5) Texas
6) Penn State
7) Tennessee
8) Indiana
9) BYU
10) Notre Dame
11) Alabama
12) Boise State
13) SMU
14) Texas A&M
15) LSU
16) Ole Miss
17) Iowa State
18) Pittsburgh
19) Kansas State
20) Colorado
21) Washington State
22) Louisville
23) Clemson
24) Missouri
25) Army
Throughout the 2024-25 College Football Playoff season, we’ll get six weekly playoff rankings shows to give us a look at where things stand. Following tonight’s rankings, the CFP will release through the sixth and final reveal on Sunday, December 8 (Selection Sunday).
The full schedule of CFP Top 25 rankings releases is below:
- 6-7 p.m. CT Tuesday, Nov. 5
- 7:30-8 p.m. CT Tuesday, Nov. 12*
- 6-7 p.m CT Tuesday, Nov. 19
- 7-8 p.m. CT Tuesday, Nov. 26
- 6-6:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, Dec. 3
- 11-3 p.m. CT Sunday, Dec. 8 (Selection Day)
*Approximate start time. Show will be between the State Farm Champions Classic games.
Ole Miss hosts Georgia this Saturday in a game with obviously huge playoff ranking implications. Kickoff is at 2:30 at Vaught-Hemingway. Let’s go, Rebs!
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.
