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

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

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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.