Mississippi's first loss of the season dropped the Rebels four spots in the Associated Press college football poll to No. 7 and left Mississippi State, Florida State, Alabama and Auburn in the top four as the College Football Playoff selection committee prepares its first rankings.
Mississippi quarterback Bo Wallace looks at scoreboard in the final seconds of an NCAA college football game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday Oct. 25, 2014. LSU won 10-7. (AP Photo/The Daily Mississippian, Payton Teffner)
No. 1 Mississippi State (46 first-place votes) and No. 2 Florida State (14) are the only unbeaten team left in the Big Five conferences.
Alabama, which lost 23-17 at Ole Miss earlier this month, moved up a spot, as did No. 4 Auburn, No. 5 Oregon and No. 6 Notre Dame.
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Ole Miss was beaten 10-7 at LSU on Saturday night. The Tigers moved up eight spots to No. 16, the largest jump after a weekend when only two ranked teams lost.
Mississippi defensive back Mike Hilton (28) tackles LSU running back Terrence Magee (18) during an NCAA college football game in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday Oct. 25, 2014. LSU won 10-7. (AP Photo/The Daily Mississippian, Payton Teffner)
The first selection committee top 25 will be released Tuesday night. The pairings for the College Football Playoff will be revealed Dec. 7.
See the complete AP college football rankings, updated Sunday, here.
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