CBS Sports 138: Ole Miss rises as SEC holds top three spots in college football rankings

The Rebels join Texas and Georgia at the top of our comprehensive ranking of every FBS team after Week 3 action A dominant showing in nonconference play has set the SEC up for a strong season. With three weeks of regular-season results in the books, the conference is also holding down several spots at the top of the college football rankings. Ole Miss' emotional win against Lane Kiffin and LSU on Saturday has the Rebels soaring up within the top 10 of the CBS Sports 138, landing at No. 3 behind Texas at No. 1 and Georgia at No. 2. That trio of SEC and national title contenders gives the conference all of the top three, half of the top 10 and 10 of the top 23 spots in our comprehensive ranking of every FBS team.

Week 3 was not all glowing headlines for the league, however, as our voters did have to wrestle with a disappointing loss for Texas A&M and some lack of upward momentum for schools like Auburn and South Carolina. But the other sides of those results provided rankings boosts for Kentucky, Florida and Mississippi State, respectively. In terms of the shake-ups within the top of the rankings, the top seven teams have established a bit of a tier separation from the rest of the top