The first College Football Playoff poll came out Tuesday night and Ole Miss is on the outside looking in. The Rebels ranked 18th, several steps away from the four teams that will make the playoffs at the end of the year.

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SEC colleagues LSU (No. 2) and Alabama (No. 4) would be in the playoffs if it started today. The rivals play Saturday in Tuscaloosa, so their rankings will surely change next week. Florida is No. 10, Texas A&M No. 19 and Mississippi State was No. 20

The Rebels (7-2) have been ranked as high as No. 3 in the Associated Press poll, but tumbled into the 20s after losses to Florida (6-1) and Memphis (7-0). They are currently ranked No. 19 in both the AP poll and the Coaches Poll.

Mississippi hosts Arkansas at 3:30 p.m. (ET) Saturday and then has a bye before finishing its season with huge SEC games against LSU and Mississippi State.

Pollsters didn’t seem to be bothered by Alabama’s loss to Ole Miss in September.  Fans and scribes certainly are. The other top three teams (Ohio State, Clemson and LSU) are all unbeaten. There are 11 unbeatens total.