The excitement level in Oxford is rapidly rising as the Ole Miss football team is ranked in the top five of the Associated Press poll for the first time in the 2025 season. A 24-19 Magnolia Bowl win over LSU on Saturday was the catalyst for the boost.

Lane Kiffin’s Rebels (5-0, 3-0 SEC) jumped up nine spots in the latest rankings, landing at No. 4 nationally. Ole Miss doubled LSU (4-1, 1-1 SEC) in penalties and turnovers. The team also opened things up with two fruitless offensive drives where the chains were not moved once. But after the final snap, the Rebels ended the battle with 250 more yards and five more points than their bitter rival, in a game where the scoreboard did not adequately reflect what had occurred on the field.

In his third start for the red and blue, Trinidad Chambli

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