The first College Football Playoff rankings of 2016 will be released Tuesday night, and while most of the college football world is eagerly awaiting the revealing, football fans in Mississippi are thinking about how things were two years ago, when the state was the center of the college football universe.
It’s true: When the first-ever set of College Football Playoff rankings came out October 28, 2014, Mississippi State was No. 1 and Ole Miss No. 4. When the first set of rankings come out this season, both teams will be sitting at home with 3-5 records, wondering if they can get to a bowl.