Texas was No. 1 for the second straight week and followed by Georgia, Notre Dame, Ole Miss and Indiana. Miami, Ohio State, Alabama, BYU and LSU completed the top 10.

Lane Kiffin left Ole Miss during their playoff run for LSU, and his return to Oxford was highly anticipated. There were plenty of question marks around the Rebels under Pete Golding, but quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was granted another year of eligibility, and that has made Ole Miss a national title contender.

The No. 4 Rebels (3-0, 1-0 SEC) and No. 21 Gators (3-0, 1-0 SEC) will enter Gainesville with perfect records and both with first year head coaches in Pete Golding and Jon Sumrall. Last season, Ole Miss defeated Sumrall's Tulane team twice – once in the regular season and again in the College Football Playoffs.

Ole Miss football has a legend-in-the-making as Trinidad Chambliss continues to stack up important college football wins, including Saturday night’s legacy win over LSU.

Ole Miss sits atop USA TODAY Sports Playoff Predictor, but a brutal SEC stretch featuring Florida, Vanderbilt, Missouri, Texas and Georgia looms ahead

Trinidad Chambliss had plenty of reasons to talk about football after one of the biggest wins of his Ole Miss career. The Rebels had just beaten No. 7 LSU 32-24, Chambliss threw for 363 yards and two touchdowns,

Trinidad Chambliss apologized to Holly Rowe and others for his emotional behavior in a live postgame interview after Ole Miss won.

Ole Miss moved into the top five with its win over LSU, the Tigers stayed in the top 10, and Florida and Mississippi State cracked the rankings to give the SEC 10 teams in The Associated Press Top 25.