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Dart, Harris finish non-conference doing what Ole Miss should do
Now things get serious as the Rebels take care of Georgia Southern in final non-conference tuneup before Kentucky next week.

OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss did exactly what they were supposed to do Saturday night.
Georgia Southern was a heavy underdog coming into the game and the No. 5 Rebels didn’t give their critics anything to really gripe about. All you can do against an over-matched opponent is dominate and that’s what they did.
Maybe the biggest news to come out of this game was Ole Miss’ defense finally giving up a touchdown. It came in the second quarter and about all it did was make the halftime score a little closer in a 52-13 win by the Rebels that really wasn’t that close.

Ole Miss Rebels wide receiver Tre Harris (9) runs after a catch as Georgia Southern Eagles defensive back Tracy Hill Jr. (12) pushes him out of bounds during the first half at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. | Petre Thomas-Imagn Images
Quarterback Jaxson Dart kept his name square in the middle of Heisman Trophy conversations with 418 yards of total offense. It’s all he needed.
Wide receiver Tre Harris was Dart’s target 14 times and had 11 catches for 225 yards and two touchdowns. Maybe the biggest of them was a 70-yard scoring strike that set the big-play tone of Ole Miss’ offense for this one.
BIG DAY TRE 🤯
11 REC. 225 YARDS. 2 TD.@OleMissFB x #SECFB pic.twitter.com/DZ99IbRErz
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) September 22, 2024
Don’t get too worked up over the touchdown. It was the first of the season and right now, the Rebels’ defense appears to be the defense that gave up just 194 yards of offense. Ole Miss racked up another big night with 607 yards, including 288 on the ground.
If Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin’s primary coaching target this week will be the 11 penalties for 133 yards. He knows that won’t work in the eight remaining SEC games, starting with Kentucky next week at Vaught-Hemingway.

Ole Miss Rebels defensive linemen JJ Pegues (38) gets by Georgia Southern Eagles offensive linemen Pichon Wimble (74) as he rushes Georgia Southern Eagles quarterback JC French (12) during the first half at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. | Petre Thomas-Imagn Images
Maybe, though, the biggest number of all was put up by the Rebels’ defense. They only allowed Georgia Southern 37 yards rushing. Against a non-league opponent, that is a huge boost of confidence, but again, it’s not the SEC.
Kiffin knows all this. What he does know is this team has shown what they can do against the teams they should be doing it against.
That’s all Ole Miss needed to do in this one. They did it and now things start to get serious.
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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.

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
Did You Notice?
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.
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“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
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.
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.
WATCH:
“He’s now become the rat poison.”
-Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin on Nick Saban being complimentary of his team this season. pic.twitter.com/PziIml0m3d
— Brad Logan (@BradLoganCOTE) November 18, 2024
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