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Ole Miss Must Get Win to Keep Playoff Hopes Alive

Rebels still have all goals in front of them, but need win against Gamecocks today to avoid sailing into ditch

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There is no more margin for error with Ole Miss, but Lane Kiffin says he’s not talking about that with his team. His main concern is Saturday’s game against the South Carolina Gamecocks.

“That’s all outcome based and not the process of how we are practicing and playing on Saturday,” Kiffin said on Monday, proving he was paying more attention during his Alabama days than maybe even Nick Saban thinks. That sounds exactly like what the former Crimson Tide coach would say.

Now Kiffin just needs the Rebels to respond the way Alabama did for 17 years. Now there are some Ole Miss fans thinking the season and all hopes of the playoffs are gone. Everybody needs to just relax. That’s what he told his players.

“You get those questions, understand that everything you want to do is still there,” Kiffin said he told the team. “There will be multiple people with one or two losses. You see people that you think are going to win these games and they don’t because this conference is so good.”

The Rebels are in Columbia, S.C. to face the South Carolina Gamecocks inside Williams-Brice Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN or listen on the Ole Miss Radio Network.

Injuries are another possible issue. Kiffin put so many players on the availability report this week, it’s hard to know which ones will be playing and the ones that aren’t. The Gamecocks are coming off a bye week, almost a month removed from their first SEC win of 2024 against Kentucky. Ole Miss can’t be looking ahead to next week’s game with Ole Miss.

They are flat out of any margin for error after that loss to the Wildcats last week.

But every week brings entire new lines of conversation into the mix. In the early games Se aturday afternoon, Texas A&M ran up a 34-0 lead on No. 9 Missouri before a wild crowd at Kyle Field in College Station. That’s shocker No. 1 on the day and we’ll see how it plays out.

No Rebels fans were expecting to be in this spot. Everybody had the gae against the Wildcats marked as a W all summer and now they’ve got to re-adjust expectations.

Somehow, though, you look at how this season is starting to play out maybe even two losses could automatically eliminate a team from the playoffs. Not this year.

That loss has to be what is called in some circles as a quality loss. That means Ole Miss has to beat everybody not from Athens, Ga., and hope other teams are struggling the same way.. It matters now with the expanding playoff format.

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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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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.

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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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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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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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