Coaches Top 25 poll: Auburn leaps Alabama to No. 3

Coaches Top 25 poll: Auburn leaps Alabama to No. 3

Published Nov. 2, 2014 12:15 p.m. ET

Auburn scored the biggest victory of the week in beating Ole Miss, and that was enough to vault the Tigers past Alabama in the latest Coaches Top 25 poll at No. 3.

Auburn, which is also ranked No. 3 in the College Football Playoff rankings, beat the Rebels 35-31 but still has plenty of work to do before it can say it is playoff-bound. The Tigers have road games at Georgia, which lost to Florida, and at Alabama in the Iron Bowl.

Ole Miss' second loss in as many weeks all but drops the Rebels from playoff contention. The team also lost leading receiver Laquon Treadwell inside the final two minutes of the game to a broken leg. Such a brutal loss on two fronts for Ole Miss.

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Top 25 coaches poll (through Nov. 1 games) 

(first-place votes in parentheses)

1. Mississippi State 8-0 (40), 1,526  Last week: 1

2. Florida State 8-0 (21), 1,501  Last week: 2

3. Auburn 7-1, 1,355  Last week: 4

4. Alabama 7-1, 1,349  Last week: 3

5. Oregon 8-1, 1,289  Last week: 6

6. Michigan State 7-1, 1,241  Last week: 5

7. TCU 7-1, 1,150  Last week: 10

8. Notre Dame 7-1, 1,121  Last week: 7

9. Kansas State 7-1, 1,087  Last week: 11

10. Baylor 7-1, 957  Last week: 12

11. Ohio State 7-1, 901  Last week: 13

12. Arizona State 7-1, 854  Last week: 14

13. Mississippi 7-2, 793  Last week: 9

14. Nebraska 8-1, 766  Last week: 16

15. LSU 7-2, 636  Last week: 17

16. Oklahoma 6-2, 601  Last week: 20

17. Georgia 6-2, 508  Last week: 8

18. UCLA 7-2, 438  Last week: 25

19. Clemson 6-2, 394  Last week: 21

20. Duke 7-1, 320  Last week: 24

21. Arizona 6-2, 307  Last week: 15

T-22. Utah 6-2, 253  Last week: 18

T-22. Marshall 8-0, 253  Last week: 23

24. Wisconsin 6-2, 146  Last week: 19

25. West Virginia 6-3, 130  Last week: 22

Schools Dropped Out

No. 19 East Carolina

Also Receiving Votes

Missouri 82; Colorado State 81; Georgia Tech 32; Southern California 31; Minnesota 19; Iowa 12; Louisville 7; Boise State 5; Cincinnati 2; East Carolina 2; Miami (Fla.) 1. 

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