Mississippi State No. 1 in AP poll
Updated: October 12, 2014, 2:12 PM ET

Mississippi State is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, replacing Florida State and making the fastest rise to the top spot in the history of the poll.

The Bulldogs received 45 first-place votes from the media panel Sunday. Mississippi State beat Auburn 38-23 on Saturday, its third straight victory against a top-10 team. The Bulldogs are the first team in the poll's 78-year history to go from unranked to No. 1 in five weeks. The previous mark was six weeks by Ohio State in 1954.

The Bulldogs were No. 3 last week, tied with Ole Miss, for their best ranking. Ole Miss stayed at No. 3 this week, two points behind No. 2 Florida State, which beat Syracuse on Saturday.

The defending champion Seminoles had been No. 1 since the preseason. Florida State received 12 first-place votes and Ole Miss three.

Baylor and Notre Dame round out the top five. The Fighting Irish play at Florida State on Saturday. Auburn fell four spots to No. 6.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...tball-poll

I feel like I'm in bizarre world with the two Mississippis at the top of the polls.

(10-12-2014 08:04 PM)RedRocker Wrote:  I feel like I'm in bizarre world with the two Mississippis at the top of the polls.

Yep kinda strange, but they earned so far.

I hate the SEC and like many, I'm tired of seeing them in the national title picture...but I'm rooting for Miss St. Those guys suck and never have anything to cheer about and this is legit.

We'll see what happens on October 28th when the Final Four committee releases their first list.

(10-14-2014 06:45 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  I hate the SEC and like many, I'm tired of seeing them in the national title picture...but I'm rooting for Miss St. Those guys suck and never have anything to cheer about and this is legit.

During the Jackie Sherrill era they were up and down, and he inherited a bad program in 1991, but got them turned around. Croom did not do much of anything, but Mullen will be going to his 4 bowl game in 5 years this season. They have not been elite by any standards, but sucking would a big stretch.

I said after week one that Miss St was the real deal.
Thus far I couldn't have been more right.

They've always had good defense and Mullen finally has a QB to execute his offense. State believed in him and patiently stayed the course for 6 years leading to this dream season.

State has some of the most loyal fans who stayed true through some very bleak years of getting pummeled. Very good to see them rewarded for their loyalty.

Go State!
Eggbowl is always a great game but it's going to be epic this year.

(10-14-2014 11:35 AM)mptnstr@44 Wrote:  I said after week one that Miss St was the real deal.
Thus far I couldn't have been more right.

They've always had good defense and Mullen finally has a QB to execute his offense. State believed in him and patiently stayed the course for 6 years leading to this dream season.

State has some of the most loyal fans who stayed true through some very bleak years of getting pummeled. Very good to see them rewarded for their loyalty.

Go State!
Eggbowl is always a great game but it's going to be epic this year.

I hope that would be the case. Often that game decides a bowl bid this year it could decide who wins the West.

Depending on how the rest of the season goes, Egg Bowl>Iron Bowl.