Where Ole Miss football finished in final poll rankings for 2025 season

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OXFORD — The final datapoint is in. Now discussion can commence regarding where the latest Ole Miss football season ranks in school history.

Ole Miss (13-2) finished No. 3 in the final US LBM Coaches Poll released Jan. 20. Ole Miss is also No. 3 in the AP poll.

It matches where Ole Miss ranked in the final polls of the 1962 season, when the Rebels went 10-0. In 1960, a 10-0-1 Ole Miss team was selected as national champions by the Football Writers Association of America.

The Rebels were No. 2 in the final AP poll in 1959 and 1960.

Indiana is the No. 1 team in 2025. The Hoosiers (16-0) beat Miami (13-3) in the national championship on Jan. 19. Ole Miss managed to jump No. 4 Oregon, the other semifinal team in the CFP, in the final rankings. That’s due to how both teams played in the semifinals.

Ole Miss lost 31-27 to Miami in the Fiesta Bowl in a dramatic, back-and-forth game. Indiana beat Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl to advance to the national championship.

The Rebels are the highest-ranked SEC team.

Final college football rankings

US LBM Coaches Poll

  1. Indiana
  2. Miami
  3. Ole Miss
  4. Oregon
  5. Georgia
  6. Ohio State
  7. Texas Tech
  8. Texas A&M
  9. Alabama
  10. Oklahoma
  11. Notre Dame
  12. BYU
  13. Texas
  14. Utah
  15. Vanderbilt
  16. Virginia
  17. Iowa
  18. Tulane
  19. Houston
  20. James Madison
  21. USC
  22. Michigan
  23. Navy
  24. Georgia Tech
  25. Illinois

AP Poll

  1. Indiana
  2. Miami
  3. Ole Miss
  4. Oregon
  5. Ohio State
  6. Georgia
  7. Texas Tech
  8. Texas A&M
  9. Alabama
  10. Notre Dame
  11. BYU
  12. Texas
  13. Oklahoma
  14. Utah
  15. Vanderbilt
  16. Virginia
  17. Iowa
  18. Tulane
  19. James Madison
  20. USC
  21. Michigan
  22. Houston
  23. Navy
  24. North Texas
  25. TCU

Sam Hutchens covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at Shutchens@gannett.com or reach him on X at @Sam_Hutchens_

This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Where Ole Miss football finished in final poll rankings for 2025 season

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