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Ole Miss football, Lane Kiffin ranked No. 6 in preseason coaches poll

OXFORD ― Ole Miss football will start the 2024 season with the program's highest preseason ranking since at least 1992.

The Rebels came in at No. 6 in the first US LBM coaches poll of the season. It marks their second top-10 preseason ranking in the last 32 years, and their fourth consecutive season starting the campaign ranked in the Top 25 by the coaches.

Ole Miss began last season ranked 22nd, rising to finish the season at No. 9 following an 11-win campaign that concluded with a Peach Bowl victory over Penn State.

Returning starting quarterback Jaxson Dart and other offensive stars like Tre Harris and Caden Prieskorn, coach Lane Kiffin built upon that foundation with college football's top-ranked transfer portal class. Much of that group is comprised of defensive difference makers, with the Rebels landing an All-SEC talent in Princely Umanmielen and former five-star in Walter Nolen to bolster their ranks in the trenches.

Three teams on Ole Miss' regular-season schedule also begin the season ranked. The Rebels will host No. 1 Georgia and No. 16 Oklahoma, but must travel to play No. 12 LSU.

Here's a look at the full poll.

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Ole Miss football in the US LBM Coaches Poll

  1. Georgia

  2. Ohio State

  3. Oregon

  4. Texas

  5. Alabama

  6. Ole Miss

  7. Notre Dame

  8. Michigan

  9. Penn State

  10. Florida State

  11. Missouri

  12. LSU

  13. Utah

  14. Clemson

  15. Tennessee

  16. Oklahoma

  17. Kansas State

  18. Oklahoma State

  19. Miami

  20. Texas A&M

  21. Arizona

  22. NC State

  23. Southern Cal

  24. Kansas

  25. Iowa

David Eckert covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at deckert@gannett.com or reach him on Twitter @davideckert98.

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