Mississippi tie: Rebels, Bulldogs 3rd in AP poll

Mississippi fans gather on the field, while a few climb onto a goal post, after Mississippi defeated Alabama 23-17 in an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., on Saturday Oct. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Tuscaloosa News, Robert Sutton) Mississippi fans gather on the field, while a few climb onto a goal post, after Mississippi defeated Alabama 23-17 in an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., on Saturday Oct. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Tuscaloosa News, Robert Sutton)

By Associated Press October 5, 2014 3 min read

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s Southeastern Conference teams have never been this good and this close.

Ole Miss and Mississippi State are tied for third in The Associated Press college football poll after a wild day of unexpected results brought major changes to the Top 25.

Just about the only thing that didn’t change this week was No. 1: Florida State is still top-ranked, with 35 first-place votes.

Auburn, the only other team in the top six to win, moved up three spots to No. 2 and received 23 first-place votes. Then came Ole Miss and Mississippi State, in the top five together for the first time after the Rebels beat Alabama and the Bulldogs beat Texas A&M on Saturday.

The Bulldogs received two first-place votes.