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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.
Memphis should've lost at home to Ole Miss. Could've got in the top four like Alabama.
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) November 4, 2015
Alabama #4 with a home loss to Ole Miss.
Memphis #13 undefeated with a victory over Ole Miss.— RedDirtSport (@RedDirtSport) November 4, 2015
I agree. Alabama gets a pass every year when they lose. Any other SEC team loses to Ole Miss is not even in top 10 https://t.co/Aho84EH7Hq
— Eric Lopez (@EricLopezELO) November 4, 2015
So….Losing to Ole Miss at home doesn't really hurt and beating Ole Miss at home really doesn't help.
I'm confused again…
— Maized&Confused (@MaizedConfused) November 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/661702417986297856
"YOU ALL BURIED US AFTER THAT HIDEOUS OLE MISS LOSS" — the coach of the only team that gets to lose a game every year.
— Ivan Bologna (@PV_GIA) November 4, 2015
Tom Brew is an award-winning journalist and author who is covering SEC football for Saturday Down South.
