Ole Miss football made a stand, taking down its former coach Lane Kiffin and LSU in a top-10 ranked battle on Saturday, Sept. 19.
The result of the game — which was the biggest not just in the SEC in Week 3, but all of college football — will surely move the No. 9 Rebels up in the US LBM Coaches Poll after they took down the No. 7 Tigers. Trinidad Chambliss was the X-Factor in the game, throwing for two touchdowns and rushing for another in the 32-24 win.
Elsewhere, No. 8 Texas A&M was shocked at home against unranked Kentucky, suffering a 31-21 loss to Kentucky at home that will result in a tumble in the rankings. Mississippi State, led by Kamario Taylor's
four passing touchdowns, also came back to beat South Carolina on the road. Could the Bulldogs jump into the polls for the first time since 2022?
Then there was No. 10 Alabama, which overcame a surprisingly porous defense to come from behind and beat unranked Florida State 50-36 in Tuscaloosa. Keelon Russell was magnificent in the outing, throwing for three touchdowns and rushing for another in the win.
Finally, Clark Lea's Vanderbilt team started 3-0 in consecutive season for the first time since the 1940s thanks to a disastrous final play by North Carolina State, in which quarterback CJ Bailey fumbled the ball in the end zone when he should have taken a safety.
Here's a look at the updated US LBM Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 poll before Week 4 of the college football season:
College football rankings after Week 3
First-place votes in parentheses. SEC teams in bold.
US LBM Coaches Poll
This section will be updated once the poll is released.
AP Top 25
This section will be updated once the poll is released.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College football rankings after Week 3: Updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25 for SEC
