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Is Jaxson Dart the best quarterback in the nation? Rebel Roundup

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

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Does Ole Miss have the best quarterback in college football this season?

The easy answer is no. Jaxson Dart and the Rebels lost twice to Kentucky and LSU and there’s two other quarterbacks without any losses.

But a more complicated answer could be a yes.

This week Dart was announced as a Top 5 finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award that is given to the top senior or upperclassman quarterback set to graduate with their class based on player performance on-and-off the field.

The other four finalists are Dillon Gabriel (Oregon), Kurtis Rourke (Indiana), Shedeur Sanders (Colorado) and Cam Ward (Miami).

Gabriel and Rourke are the two undefeated quarterbacks this season on the list. Ward has one loss and both Dart and Sanders have two. If wins are all that matters, Gabriel is best quarterback since he’s 10-0 and leading the No. 1 team in the nation. That’s your simple answer.

But stats are what complicate the answer. Gabriel’s stats are out ranked by other Golden Arm finalists (although he ranks in the top in most passing stats), specifically Dart and Ward. Here are the 2024 stats for each player, but we’re going to keep it anonymous:

  • Player A: 3,494 yards, 32 TDs, 6 INTs, 66.8 completion percentage, 174.0 passer rating; 182 rush yards, 3 TDs
  • Player B: 3,409 yards, 22 TDs, 4 INTs, 70.8 completion percentage, 188.6 passer rating; 304 yards, 3 TDs
  • Player C: 2,848 yards, 22 TDs, 5 INTs, 74.1 completion percentage, 168.4 passer rating; 148 rush yards, 6 TDs

Which stat line do you consider the best, so far, this season? Player A has more yards and touchdowns, but Players B and C are more efficient and effective.

If you knew Player A was Gabriel leading the 10-0 Ducks, he’d be the obvious choice, right? However, that’s Ward and the 9-1 Hurricanes.

Player B is Dart and Player C is Gabriel.

So, now who is the best quarterback in the nation?

It’s not an easy question answer, but Dart has as good as an argument as any other quarterback in college football.

Yesterday’s Ole Miss Results

Women’s Basketball: Ole Miss 80, Delaware State 42

Today’s Ole Miss Schedule

Cross Country: NCAA South Regional, Tallahassee, Fla. 7:30 a.m., ESPN+

Volleyball: Arkansas at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network+

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  • Ole Miss men’s tennis announced the signing of Queenstown, New Zealand-native Kai Milburn on Thursday. Milburn boasts a successful junior’s career, where he ranked as high as 137 in the ITF Juniors rankings, earned a career record of 54-32 in singles, and has an ITF combined ranking of 141.

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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.

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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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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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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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