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Ole Miss Football Fans Shouldn’t Panic: Rebel Roundup

Your daily briefing on what’s going on with Ole Miss Athletics, including reasons why the Rebels’ football season is far from over.

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OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss football fans shouldn’t even be looking at the panic button, let alone contemplating pressing it.

The Rebels’ 20-17 upset loss to Kentucky isn’t the season-killer it would’ve been prior to this season. No. 12 Ole Miss, who fell six spots in the latest AP Top 25 Poll, can still make the 12-team playoff. But they’ve already used their “one-loss-is acceptable-for-SEC-teams” advantage with the playoff committee.

Ole Miss most likely can’t afford another loss for the simple reason a loss in SEC could open the door for that team to take a spot at 12-team playoff.

The Rebels’ remaining schedule is favorable enough for that to happen, too. Their toughest opponent is No. 5 Georgia, but the Rebels also play No. 19 Oklahoma and No. 13 LSU. Neither the Tigers or Sooners are “cupcake” games like the odds-makers will say about Arkansas, Florida and Mississippi State.

But as Mississippi State showed last Saturday, upsets can happen at anytime and silence a crowd of 100,000-plus fans. Ole Miss certainly knows it can’t coast into the playoffs now and has to ensure it wins its “winnable” games.

Yesterday’s Ole Miss Results

Men’s Tennis: Ole Miss at ITF Ann Arbor 15K

Today’s Ole Miss Schedule

Men’s Tennis: Ole Miss at ITF Ann Arbor (Editor’s Note: final results will be updated when they become available.)

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Daily Dose Of Archie Manning

“I’ve always said, in the era that I played, all those years with the Saints, you don’t come out with a big ego.”

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Ole Miss to learn plenty with CFP rankings: Rebel Roundup

Your daily briefing on what’s going on with Ole Miss Athletics.

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November 19, 2024

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Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin on the sidelines against Arkansas

Ole Miss football will get a lot of its questions answered tonight.

The College Football Playoff Committee will release its third edition of its rankings at 6 p.m. tonight on ESPN. The Rebels figure to be included in the committee’s rankings, but where they’re ranked – and more importantly where other teams are ranked – will be telling to how clear the Rebels’ path to a playoff berth is.

The SEC has five teams with two losses and how the committee ranks those teams will determine who just needs to win out and who needs help.

For the Rebels, what will be important to know is where does the committee rank Georgia? How far does Tennessee fall after losing to the Bulldogs? Is LSU fall out of the top 25? How far does South Carolina rise after beating Missouri? Is Ole Miss ranked ahead of BYU (who lost to unranked Kansas, but still in contention for the Big 12 championship)? Where does the highest-ranked Group of 5 team rank?

How the committee answers those questions will go a long way in determining in if Ole Miss simply needs to just win its final two games or needs to rack up style points in those wins?

Of course, a loss will put the Rebels in the same boat as LSU. Out of the playoffs.

Yesterday’s Ole Miss Results

Women’s Basketball: Ole Miss 76, Jackson State 44

Today’s Ole Miss Schedule

Women’s Tennis: NCAA Individual Championship, Waco, Texas

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Ole Miss coach Yolet McPhee-McCuin won her 200th career game, and 106th at Ole Miss, with the Rebels dispatching Jackson Stte 76-44 at SJB Pavillion on Kids Day.

Daily Dose Of Archie Manning

“I really don’t think I have lived my life as an open book.”

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What Josh Pate thought about where Ole Miss ranked in AP poll

The Ole Miss Reels were ranked No. 9 by the media in Sunday’s poll and Josh Pate released his reaction

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November 18, 2024

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Josh Pate reacting to the latest AP rankings Sunday / Josh Pate-YouTube

OXFORD, Miss. — The Ole Miss Reels were ranked No. 9 by the media in Sunday’s poll and Josh Pate released his reaction on YouTube on Monday.

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With a clear path to the playoff, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin talks to reporters

The Rebels’ head coach spoke with reporters about a variety of issues.

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November 18, 2024

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OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin and his players came into the 2024 season with the loftiest goals and highest expectations an Ole Miss team has had since a Manning played quarterback.

Despite a shocking home loss to Kentucky and overtime loss to LSU, the Rebels are still in position to accomplish most of those goals. An conference championship isn’t likely, but a spot in the new 12-team playoff is and the Rebels’ path is crystal clear.

Beat Florida. Beat Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl.

If Ole Miss can win those two games, it should be in the playoff.

With that in mind, Kiffin started the week off with his weekly Monday press conference with reporters and talked about the playoffs and much more.

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