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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Football Ranked No. 6 in Preseason Associated Press Poll
8/12/2024 | Football
OXFORD, Miss. – The coaches and the press agree: Ole Miss football is the No. 6 team in the nation going into the 2024 college football season.
After earning a No. 6 ranking in last week’s USA Today Coaches Poll, Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss were once again selected No. 6, this time in the Preseason AP Top 25, behind Alabama, Texas, Oregon, Ohio State and top-ranked Georgia.
The No. 6 ranking is the highest for the Rebels heading into the season since 1970, when they were ranked No. 5 to start the year. Ole Miss last started the season in the top 10 in 2009, ranking eighth.
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— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) August 12, 2024
Ole Miss ranked as high as fifth in the way-too-early preseason polls. The Rebels were sixth in ESPN’s post-spring top 25.
The Rebels finished the 2023 season ranked No. 9 in both the Coaches and Associated Press polls, their highest ranking in the final Coaches Poll since 2015 (9th) and highest in the final AP Poll since 1969 (8th).
Since then, Ole Miss brought back a Heisman Trophy candidate at quarterback, along with many other key players from last season’s 11-2 team, and added the No. 1 transfer portal class in the country.
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2024 Preseason AP Poll
1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. Texas
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss
7. Notre Dame
8. Penn State
9. Michigan
10. Florida State
11. Missouri
12. Utah
13. LSU
14. Clemson
15. Tennessee
16. Oklahoma
17. Oklahoma State
18. Kansas State
19. Miami (FL)
20. Texas A&M
21. Arizona
22. Kansas
23. USC
24. NC State
25. Iowa