Ole Miss Moves Up in AP Top 25 Following Win Over Tulane

The Rebels saw their place in the polls improve after Saturday's ranked win.

The Ole Miss Rebels moved up in the latest installment of the AP Top 25 poll released on Sunday afternoon, pushing deeper among the top 20 teams in the country.

Ranked at No. 20 in the poll last week, the Rebels saw their position improve to No. 17 entering Week 3 of the college football season. You can find the entirety of the poll below with SEC teams indicated in bold.

1. Georgia Bulldogs

2. Michigan Wolverines

3. Florida State Seminoles

4. Texas Longhorns

5. USC Trojans

6. Ohio State Buckeyes

7. Penn State Nittany Lions

8. Washington Huskies

9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

10. Alabama Crimson Tide

11. Tennessee Volunteers

12. Utah Utes

13. Oregon Ducks

14. LSU Tigers

15. Kansas State Wildcats

16. Oregon State Beavers

17. Ole Miss Rebels

18. Colorado Buffaloes

19. Oklahoma Sooners

20. North Carolina Tar Heels

21. Duke Blue Devils

22. Miami Hurricanes

23. Washington State Cougars

24. UCLA Bruins

25. Iowa Hawkeyes

In total, the Rebels are one of five teams from the Southeastern Conference to make this week's installment of the AP Poll. Three other SEC teams (Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State) received votes as well.

Also of note is the fact that the Tulane Green Wave fell from No. 24 to out of the poll entirely this week after falling to the Rebels on Saturday. The Green Wave received 17 tallies in this week's voting.

Ole Miss will carry its No. 17 ranking into a home matchup against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets this Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT on SEC Network.