Ole Miss dropped five places, from No. 4 to No. 9, in Sunday's Associated Press Top 25 after a blowout road defeat to Florida, its first loss of the season. The Rebels are 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the SEC, while Florida jumped 13 spots to No. 8.
Ole Miss is the country's second-highest-ranked one-loss team, behind No. 5 Ohio State. Its remaining ranked opponents are No. 25 Missouri, No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Georgia and No. 16 Mississippi State.
The article's playoff outlook is that Ole Miss may need to win nearly all its remaining games to earn a second consecutive CFP berth. It says a loss at Texas alone would not derail the season, but a loss at home to Georgia as well could leave the Rebels in a precarious position, depending on other SEC results.
