The University of Mississippi Athletics
Historic Start to the Football Season
9/14/2014 | Football, Blog
After a 56-15 win over Louisiana-Lafayette Saturday, Ole Miss moved up four spots to No. 10 in the latest Associated Press poll, released on Sunday.
Despite breaking into the top 10, the Rebels remain fifth among Southeastern Conference Western Division teams with Alabama (No. 3), Alabama (No. 5), Texas A&M (No. 6) and LSU (No. 8) ahead of them in the polls. Ole Miss plays each of the other four teams in five-week stretch starting with a home game against Alabama on Oct. 4.
This is the first time Ole Miss has been ranked in the top 10 since 2009, when the Rebels were ranked in the top 10 in the each of the first four polls before falling out after a loss to South Carolina.
Before 2009, the last time Ole Miss was ranked in the top 10 was 1970, Archie Manning's senior season, when the Rebels finished 7-4 and earned a berth in the Gator Bowl.
With Saturday's win over Louisiana-Lafayette, Ole Miss is 3-0 for the second straight year, the first time the Rebels have started 3-0 in consecutive season since 1971-72. When Ole Miss hosts Memphis in two weeks, it will seek its first 4-0 start since that 1970 season.
