Ole Miss13-2CFP #64Lane Kiffin's sixth straight top-25 class arrives as Ole Miss rebuilds nearly everything at once — 18% production returning, 2 NFL exits, and a 13-2 season that proves winning without.
Ole Miss reached its first College Football Playoff and came within four points of the semifinal — then watched Lane Kiffin leave for LSU before the snow had melted, and finished the run anyway.
For decades the fanbase heard that Oxford was a tailgate with a football team attached — a beautiful place that didn't win enough to deserve the Grove. They point now at a 13-2 Playoff team and dare a…
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Ole Miss is the program that finally figured out how to win the SEC by not pretending to be Alabama.
Ole Miss enters the 2026 season with a #25 recruiting class and significant roster turnover, featuring 28 transfers in and 25 out. The team's returning players account for only 18% of the roster, indicating a heavy reliance on new talent.
The Grove is settling for the night.
the open questionis this a real, durable shift in the program's tier?
Ole Miss has reached elite-tier consistency — Lane Kiffin's sixth season marks the first time the Rebels have held top-5% power rating for three straight years.
Lane Kiffin's sixth straight top-25 class arrives as Ole Miss rebuilds nearly everything at once — 18% production returning, 2 NFL exits, and a 13-2 season that proves winning without.
Caleb Cunningham (WR, #32 nationally) headlines Lane Kiffin's top-16 class in a 13-2 program with just 4% QB production returning — extreme turnover demands elite answers.
Lane Kiffin's top-3 SEC portal class rebuilds nearly everything at once — 4% of QB production returns, and the market projects a 10.5-win season despite the upheaval.
Lane Kiffin enters his sixth season with a 13-2 record, but the program's uneasy fanbase questions if Ole Miss can sustain its national power status without pretending to be Alabama.
Lane Kiffin's fifth consecutive top-25 portal class rebuilds nearly everything at once — 4% of QB production returns, and the market projects a 7.5-win season despite the upheaval.
Cayden Lee is used almost exclusively underneath -- a low share of his targets are downfield shots.
Dae'Quan Wright is used almost exclusively underneath -- a low share of his targets are downfield shots.
Kewan Lacy does NOT see a usage spike in garbage time -- his workload holds steady regardless of score.
Kewan Lacy: a short yardage signal screened this season.
Logan Diggs: a closer signal screened this season.
Pete Golding took over as Ole Miss's head coach, replacing Lane Kiffin.
Ole Miss athletes gain eligibility year
Extra eligibility across the roster hits different when your IOL depth is already under pressure — Kiffin's #22 class gets a year of insurance that a two-draft-loss roster genuinely needs.
Johnson commits to Ole Miss
IOL was the pressure point after two draft exits — Johnson patches the interior for a class that's already top-16 nationally and running low on spots.
Safety Jayden Anding commits to LSU
Kiffin's top-16 class is stacking up, but losing a safety commit to LSU mid-cycle is the kind of quiet SEC recruiting battle that stings — depth chart math just got harder at a position Ole Miss couldn't afford to bleed.
EDGE Elijah Cox commits to Ole Miss
Two EDGE rushers gone to the NFL and the room still had a gap — Cox fills the depth question Kiffin couldn't answer with the #16 class alone.
4-star edge rusher commits to Ole Miss
Edge was the one room that could stall the dynasty push — two draft exits and a class that needed this exactly at the point of attack to hold the SEC ceiling.
2027 4* WR commits to Ole Miss
Class rank #16 nationally and Ole Miss is still pulling 2027 four-stars — Kiffin's closing against LSU in recruiting before those kids have played a varsity snap.
Top 3 commits
Fan confidence lower than any point since 2020
7th percentile among FBS programs
Market outlook
Sportsbook consensus · best odds across multiple books · 2026-08-06
Ole Miss · Next-Season Outcome Band
Final-season-aware projection: floor / base / ceiling include conference title and CFP games where the model supports them, so a ceiling can exceed a 12-game regular season.
Ole Miss has climbed into dynasty-caliber territory — into the top 8% of FBS by power rating over the last three seasons, up from the top 15% a year ago. It is a 27-9 record over the last three regular seasons. Three-year power ratings tell a structural story — the room is split on whether the schedule will confirm it.
The off-field storyline driving the noise right now. Not analysis — the soap opera, and that's the point.
The 'resurgence is real' read: the numbers are starting to back the hype.
The 'wait and see' counter -- power shifts often get overread before the season proves them.
Ole Miss signed a top-22 recruiting class. It is sixth consecutive top-25 recruiting class. A class in the top 25 means the program competed nationally. Attrition and development are the next story. The bulls are loud — the coverage treats this class as a program-level statement.
The optimistic read: the class is real, the program is a destination again.
The 'rankings don't tell the whole story' counter -- development gaps, position holes still open.
Nothing in our corpus yet — this door stays open for when there is.
This event was in 38 of 553 board posts (7%) over the last 60 days — engaged but not consumed. Fan text shown verbatim, attributed to the community not the individual poster.
Board health this week (284 posts): 13% positive · 52% neutral · 35% negative. Team-level weekly mood — not specific to this event. The boards ≠ the fanbase: a self-selected vocal slice.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Opens Sep 6
vs Louisville · neutral site
✓ fact on line · ~ our read on style
Fan mood index · most recent r/cfb data
Recruiting Footprint · 2026
MS leads the 2026 class with 9 commits. National footprint reaching 8 states.
Where they recruit · 2023-2026
86 signees across 12 states, 2023-2026. MS leads the pull.
Top community posts · last 12 months · r/cfb
66 of 66 AP voters have them ranked, final AP ballot (2025) — from #3, Aaron McMann (MLive), to #5, Zach Klein (WSB).
Individual AP Top 25 ballots, final AP ballot, 2025 — 66 voters tracked.
14 games with TV coverage: 5 national broadcast, 6 ESPN, 1 cable, 2 conference network
Kickoff windows: 3 noon, 5 afternoon, 6 primetime
The bounces haven't gone their way on the fumbles they've forced: 30% recovered, vs. ~49% expected.
3 of 10 forced fumbles recovered; 3 of 7 own fumbles recovered themselves, 2025 only.
Deflections without payoff: 14% of disrupted passes intercepted, vs. ~19% league-wide.
7 interceptions of 49 disrupted passes (42 deflected, 7 intercepted), 2025 only.
Roughly even on flags: 83 penalties committed vs. 88 drawn on opponents.
786 penalty yards committed vs. 769 drawn on opponents, 2025 season total.
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
Fanbase Signals
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners
The split, staged
Believers keep circling back to fan energy; skeptics keep coming back to where the program is headed. our read
How Ole Miss fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement
All 12 corners of the fanbase
Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
~ our readOle Miss fans are down on the program, but it's more feel than fact right now.
✓ counted We read 284 posts from Ole Miss fans this week.
Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read
Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
Kiffin made Ole Miss a playoff team. Ole Miss! Only Kirby of the coaches ranked ahead of him has better skins on the wall. The other three don't come close.
Weren’t working with the same deck at ole Miss?? Maybe not year in and year out but did you see that 2024 team? That was a top 5 team in the country and Kiffin didn’t even make the playoffs
Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Jul 13, 2026–Jul 14, 2026 · via Josh Pate's College Football Show
So Ole Miss not playoff or bust but LSU is?? Trinidad last year and Kewan lacy last year on top of they made it last year..where’s the narrative with them playoff or bust..just say yall don’t like LSU or LK so just put unrealistic expectations in year 1…media has fallen sooo far..
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 31, 2026 · via ESPN College Football
As a side note: Trinidad Chambliss almost certainly would've done this, too, but he played in 2 games he didn't start. But he was awesome, so don't yell at me Ole Miss fans.
Based on 2 comments across 1 thread · Jul 29, 2026
“Bachmeier looks really good. And Sitake’s def a top 3 most wholesome coach lmao.”— r/CFB
“This is the year. The team has improved so much under this new offense. They're focused. They're having fun. I wouldn’t be surprised if they're a dark horse for the Heisman.”— r/CFB
“I, for one, am glad Ole Miss pulled out a hard fought victory over our much hated opponent Oklahoma to win our third overall matchup and remain undefeated in The Rivalry™️”— r/CFB
“If ole miss and Georgia take care of business the next couple of weeks, is college gameday in Athens October 18?”— r/CFB
“Real ole miss fans knew it was over once we went up two scores. We will eternally be the doormat of better sec teams.”— r/CFB
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Fanbase Health Index · Ole Miss · high confidence
FBS rankings · 2025 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
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| Scrambler · +0.36 EPA/play | 6 | 15 | 294 / 445 | 66.1 | 3937 #3 FBS | 8.8 | 22 #35 FBS | 3 | 155.4 | 82.9 | 9.1 | 2.8 | |
Yards by week → Scrambler· Money-downMakes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise. saves his best for the money downs National Player-of-the-Year finalist — invited to the closing-night ceremony — trending, not yet confirmed. 45 of 183 QBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Rush usage23.0% 53th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Yards / attempt10.1 98th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Trait fingerprint Plays like our readUnranked recruit — top-quartile production against his own recruiting profile | |||||||||||||
| +0.66 EPA/play | 13 | 6 | 45 / 75 | 60 | 744 | 9.9 | 4 | 5 | 147.6 | 45.7 | 7.5 | 3.8 | |
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| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | 3rd Dn Use | Pass Dn Use | Stuff% | 10+% | Tgt Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Back · +0.11 EPA/play | 5 | 15 | 306 | 1567 #3 FBS | 5.1 | 24 #2 FBS | 73 | 22.6 | 16.8 | 19.3 | 11.9 | 8.2% (37/452) | |
Yards by week → Balanced Back· Boom-or-bustPlays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension. his yards come in chunks — feast or famine All-American — named 1st team by at least one NCAA-recognized selector. 186 of 349 RBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / carry6.0 72th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Rush TD rate7.8% 91th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Trait fingerprint Plays like our readBreakout: his CFB Index score went from the 7th percentile among FBS RBs to the 99th | |||||||||||||
| +0.13 EPA/play | 22 | 13 | 33 | 189 | 5.7 | 4 | 51 | 1.8 | 0.8 | — | — | — | |
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| +0.03 EPA/play | 12 | 6 | 28 | 130 | 4.6 | 2 | 20 | 5.7 | 1 | — | — | — | |
Yards by week → | |||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | 3rd Dn Use | Pass Dn Use | Tgt Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Threat · +0.77 EPA/play | 2 | 14 | 61 | 934 #32 FBS | 15.3 | 4 | 55 | 8.9 | 13.1 | 19.7% (89/452) | |
Yards by week → Deep ThreatStretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 100 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception16.8 82th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Reception volume61 92th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Harrison Wallace III's full player page | |||||||||||
| Deep Threat · +0.69 EPA/play | 1 | 15 | 55 | 811 #64 FBS | 14.7 | 6 #62 FBS | 75 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 15.5% (70/452) | |
Yards by week → Deep Threat· Boom-or-bustStretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play. his yards come in chunks — feast or famine Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 100 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception16.7 82th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Plays like View De'Zhaun Stribling's full player page | |||||||||||
| Possession Receiver · +0.39 EPA/play | 11 | 15 | 44 | 684 | 15.5 | 2 | 88 | 4.1 | 9.4 | 13.5% (61/452) | |
Yards by week → Possession Receiver· Boom-or-bustReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. his yards come in chunks — feast or famine Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. The most common profile in its group this season — 332 of 558 classified this way. Played in 15 of 21 games this season · sophomore our readAscending: his CFB Index score climbed from the 53rd percentile to the 78th among FBS WRs | |||||||||||
| Possession Receiver · +0.62 EPA/play | 19 | 15 | 44 | 635 | 14.4 | 3 | 62 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 13.5% (61/452) | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. The most common profile in its group this season — 332 of 558 classified this way. Played in 15 of 21 games this season · junior · 3-star, 2023 class View Cayden Lee's full player page | |||||||||||
| Move TE · +0.64 EPA/play | 8 | 14 | 39 | 635 | 16.3 | 5 | 64 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 11.7% (53/452) | |
Yards by week → Move TELined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield. 34 of 223 TEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception17.4 97th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Reception volume39 92th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like our readAscending: his CFB Index score climbed from the 79th percentile to the 97th among FBS TEs | |||||||||||
| Deep Threat · +0.70 EPA/play | 16 | 11 | 26 | 373 | 14.3 | 1 | 43 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 7.3% (33/452) | |
Yards by week → Deep Threat· Money-downStretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play. lives on the sticks and moves the chains 100 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception17.4 85th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions EPA / play (adj)0.7 81th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Winston Watkins's full player page | |||||||||||
| Possession Receiver · +0.41 EPA/play | 4 | 8 | 19 | 197 | 10.4 | 2 | 40 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.3% (24/452) | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. 332 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception11.9 bottom 36th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Reception volume19 bottom 20th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Caleb Odom's full player page | |||||||||||
| +1.73 EPA/play | 85 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 1 | 23 | 2.2 | 2.9 | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versatile End | 5 | 15 | 69 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
Versatile EndNo single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board. Impact starter — above-average production for the conference. The most common profile in its group this season — 139 of 200 classified this way. Played in 15 of 21 games this season · sophomore · 4-star, 2024 class our readBreakout: his CFB Index score climbed from the 13th percentile to the 95th among FBS EDGEs | |||||||
| Nose Anchor | 52 | 15 | 68 | 32 | 11.5 #62 FBS | 5 | 6 |
Nose AnchorThe heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile. Impact starter — above-average production for the conference. 152 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Weight310 lb 83th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View William Echoles's full player page | |||||||
| Nose Anchor | 51 | 15 | 58 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
Nose AnchorThe heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile. Impact starter — above-average production for the conference. 152 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Weight320 lb 90th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like our readUnranked recruit — top-quartile production against his own recruiting profile our readSustained Ascent: his CFB Index score shows two real climbs in a row — 59th to 82nd to 99th percentile among FBS IDLs | |||||||
| Pressure Merchant | 1 | 14 | 45 | 18 | 13 #42 FBS | 9 #20 FBS | 13 |
Pressure MerchantCollapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Impact starter — above-average production for the conference. 23 of 200 EDGEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Hurry rate0.3 82th percentile · FBS EDGE, min. 10 tackles Plays like our readBreakout: his CFB Index score climbed from the 20th percentile to the 98th among FBS EDGEs | |||||||
| Versatile End | 15 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 4.5 | 2 | 7 |
Versatile EndNo single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. The most common profile in its group this season — 139 of 200 classified this way. Played in 12 of 21 games this season · junior our readBreakout: his CFB Index score moved from the 13th to 58th percentile among FBS EDGEs | |||||||
| Nose Anchor | 96 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 |
Nose AnchorThe heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile. 152 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Weight315 lb 87th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Jamarious Brown's full player page | |||||||
| 3-Tech Penetrator | 95 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
3-Tech PenetratorDisruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield. 269 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate13.6% bottom 46th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Andrew Maddox's full player page | |||||||
| 47 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Linebacker | 6 | 15 | 98 | 48 | 50 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. Impact starter — above-average production for the conference. 362 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume98 95th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate5.6% bottom 30th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View TJ Dottery's full player page | |||||||||
| Coverage 'Backer | 4 | 15 | 81 | 41 | 40 | 12.5 #50 FBS | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. Starter — over 60% of the snaps, holding the job. 99 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate6.2% 90th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Tackle volume81 86th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Suntarine Perkins's full player page | |||||||||
| Balanced Linebacker | 30 | 15 | 55 | 16 | 39 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 362 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume55 56th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate2.7% bottom 18th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like our readFading: his CFB Index score moved from the 74th to 25th percentile among FBS LBs | |||||||||
| Coverage 'Backer | 26 | 13 | 45 | 27 | 18 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. 99 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate6.7% 93th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate1.1% bottom 12th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Tahj Chambers's full player page | |||||||||
| Sideline-to-Sideline | 12 | 10 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sideline-to-SidelineRanges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. 102 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Solo tackle rate0.6 77th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles PD rate0.0% bottom 18th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Andrew Jones's full player page | |||||||||
| 34 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rover | 16 | 15 | 73 | 9 #36 FBS | 3 #56 FBS | 1 | 0 |
RoverHits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Impact starter — above-average production for the conference. 83 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate12.3% 72th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like our readUnranked recruit — top-quartile production against his own recruiting profile | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 14 | 15 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. The most common profile in its group this season — 419 of 801 classified this way. Played in 15 of 21 games this season · senior View Kapena Gushiken's full player page | |||||||
| Cover Corner | 33 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cover CornerSteady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. The most common profile in its group this season — 141 of 270 classified this way. Played in 12 of 21 games this season · junior View Antonio Kite's full player page | |||||||
| Cover Corner | 32 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
Cover CornerSteady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. The most common profile in its group this season — 141 of 270 classified this way. Played in 12 of 21 games this season · junior our readAscending: his CFB Index score now sits at the 33rd percentile among FBS CBs, up from the 3rd | |||||||
| Centerfielder | 3 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
CenterfielderSingle-high range who erases the deep middle of the field. 133 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate15.4% 84th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Sage Ryan's full player page | |||||||
| Cover Corner | 11 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cover CornerSteady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. The most common profile in its group this season — 141 of 270 classified this way. Played in 9 of 21 games this season · sophomore View Jaylon Braxton's full player page | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 7 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. The most common profile in its group this season — 419 of 801 classified this way. Played in 10 of 21 games this season · sophomore · 4-star, 2024 class View Travaris Banks's full player page | |||||||
| Centerfielder | 29 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
CenterfielderSingle-high range who erases the deep middle of the field. 133 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate15.8% 85th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Nick Cull's full player page | |||||||
| Press Corner | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Press CornerLong and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line. 43 of 270 CBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Height6'3" 96th percentile · FBS corners, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Ricky Fletcher's full player page | |||||||
| 31 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | 17 | 15 | 31/35 | 88.6 | 56/56 | 149 | 58 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon | 44 | 15 | 41 | 1884 | 46 | 64 | 14 | 1 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 9 | 6 | 114 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Threat · +0.77 EPA/play | 2 | 14 | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 0 | 26 |
2025 stat leaders
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| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
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| 1 | Aug 30 | #11 | #160 | -33.5 | Georgia State | W 63–7 141 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 6 | #20 | #74 | -7.5 | @Kentucky | W 30–23 141 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #17 | #67 | -4.5 | Arkansas | W 41–35 142 | 3-0 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #17 | #71 | -11.5 | Tulane | W 45–10 137 | 4-0 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #16 | #8 | -2.5 | LSUTop 10 win | W 24–19 136 | 5-0 | 3-0 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #14 | #156 | -32.5 | Washington State | W 24–21 129 | 6-0 | 3-0 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #23 | #9 | +7.5 | @Georgia | L 35–43 140 | 6-1 | 3-1 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #21 | #13 | +5.5 | @OklahomaTop 25 win | W 34–26 147 | 7-1 | 4-1 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #15 | #41 | -13 | South Carolina | W 30–14 128 | 8-1 | 5-1 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #11 | #201 | -51.5 | The Citadel | W 49–0 131 | 9-1 | 5-1 |
| 12 | Nov 16 | #9 | #43 | -11.5 | Florida | W 34–24 140 | 10-1 | 6-1 |
| 14 | Nov 28 | #11 | #82 | -7.5 | @Mississippi State | W 38–19 149 | 11-1 | 7-1 |
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| 17 | Dec 20 | #8 | #48 | -16.5 | Tulane | W 41–10 | 12-1 | 7-1 |
| 18 | Jan 2 | #8 | #6 | +6 | Georgia (N) | W 39–34 | 13-1 | 8-1 |
| 19 | Jan 9 | #7 | #5 | +3 | Miami (N) | L 27–31 | 13-2 | 8-1 |
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9 | Miami | L 27–31 | — | — | — | +0.205 | 39.3% | 139.9% | One-score loss |
| Jan 2 | Georgia | W 39–34 | — | — | — | +0.244 | 54.1% | 107.8% | One-score win |
| Dec 20 | Tulane | W 41–10 | — | — | — | +0.379 | 53.6% | 113.5% | Blowout win |
| Nov 28 | @Mississippi State | W 38–19 | 545 | 0 | 31:23 | +0.293 | 41.0% | 142.2% | |
| Nov 16 | Florida | W 34–24 | 538 | 1 | 37:57 | +0.267 | 45.2% | 152.7% | |
| Nov 8 | The Citadel | W 49–0 | 603 | 1 | 27:56 | +0.444 | 65.9% | 105.6% | Best success rate |
| Nov 1 | South Carolina | W 30–14 | 417 | 2 | 30:46 | +0.242 | 39.7% | 155.0% | |
| Oct 25 | @Oklahoma | W 34–26 | 431 | 0 | 35:36 | +0.180 | 33.7% | 164.9% | Most explosive |
| Oct 18 | @Georgia | L 35–43 | 351 | 0 | 22:21 | +0.413 | 50.0% | 131.4% | One-score loss |
| Oct 11 | Washington State | W 24–21 | 439 | 1 | 27:18 | +0.180 | 49.3% | 110.2% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 27 | LSU | W 24–19 | 484 | 2 | 32:22 | +0.211 | 39.3% | 134.3% | One-score win |
| Sep 20 | Tulane | W 45–10 | 548 | 1 | 27:31 | +0.412 | 52.2% | 132.9% | Blowout win |
| Sep 13 | Arkansas | W 41–35 | 475 | 0 | 26:49 | +0.385 | 56.5% | 112.7% | Defense's roughest night |
| Sep 6 | @Kentucky | W 30–23 | 457 | 2 | 27:47 | +0.258 | 44.3% | 129.2% | One-score win |
| Aug 30 | Georgia State | W 63–7 | 695 | 2 | 28:36 | +0.504 | 63.0% | 122.5% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Season average (15 games) | 499 | 1.0 | +0.308 | 48.5% | 130.3% | ||||
Ole Miss fields an elite offense behind a strong defense.
Opponent-adjusted percentiles vs all FBS. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Team identity · competitive snaps only
89th percentile quality, 2nd percentile boom-dependency. Garbage time excluded from both axes — the same correction that changes the Q4 story below.
| Team | Quality percentile | Boom-share percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Air Force | 86th | 11th |
| Akron | 12th | 89th |
| Alabama | 58th | 17th |
| App State | 35th | 47th |
| Arizona | 64th | 37th |
| Arizona State | 41st | 62nd |
| Arkansas | 90th | 12th |
| Arkansas State | 17th | 66th |
| Army | 57th | 43rd |
| Auburn | 47th | 53rd |
| BYU | 78th | 19th |
| Baylor | 69th | 25th |
| Boise State | 66th | 20th |
| Boston College | 37th | 54th |
| Bowling Green | 2nd | 98th |
| Buffalo | 11th | 88th |
| California | 28th | 48th |
| Central Michigan | 52nd | 64th |
| Cincinnati | 89th | 16th |
| Clemson | 51st | 48th |
| Coastal Carolina | 17th | 83rd |
| Colorado | 18th | 84th |
| Colorado State | 16th | 83rd |
| Delaware | 38th | 58th |
| Duke | 80th | 14th |
| East Carolina | 63rd | 36th |
| Eastern Michigan | 49th | 42nd |
| Florida | 30th | 67th |
| Florida Atlantic | 62nd | 59th |
| Florida International | 42nd | 50th |
| Florida State | 83rd | 32nd |
| Fresno State | 26th | 73rd |
| Georgia | 81st | 3rd |
| Georgia Southern | 73rd | 21st |
| Georgia State | 36th | 70th |
| Georgia Tech | 84th | 5th |
| Hawai'i | 64th | 41st |
| Houston | 27th | 65th |
| Illinois | 75th | 26th |
| Indiana | 95th | 1st |
| Iowa | 44th | 40th |
| Iowa State | 68th | 22nd |
| Jacksonville State | 54th | 38th |
| James Madison | 65th | 44th |
| Kansas | 85th | 28th |
| Kansas State | 71st | 49th |
| Kennesaw State | 56th | 30th |
| Kent State | 21st | 86th |
| Kentucky | 15th | 85th |
| LSU | 14th | 81st |
| Liberty | 43rd | 56th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 73rd |
| Louisiana Tech | 39th | 61st |
| Louisville | 48th | 64th |
| Marshall | 55th | 39th |
| Maryland | 30th | 74th |
| Memphis | 80th | 24th |
| Miami | 76th | 5th |
| Miami (OH) | 34th | 67th |
| Michigan | 67th | 33rd |
| Michigan State | 27th | 75th |
| Middle Tennessee | 39th | 52nd |
| Minnesota | 29th | 77th |
| Mississippi State | 22nd | 77th |
| Missouri | 61st | 30th |
| Missouri State | 55th | 46th |
| NC State | 86th | 23rd |
| Navy | 94th | 17th |
| Nebraska | 48th | 57th |
| Nevada | 3rd | 97th |
| New Mexico | 58th | 60th |
| New Mexico State | 9th | 87th |
| North Carolina | 13th | 89th |
| North Texas | 98th | 7th |
| Northern Illinois | 8th | 92nd |
| Northwestern | 52nd | 36th |
| Notre Dame | 99th | 20th |
| Ohio | 67th | 18th |
| Ohio State | 93rd | 4th |
| Oklahoma | 20th | 80th |
| Oklahoma State | 5th | 95th |
| Old Dominion | 83rd | 45th |
| Ole Miss | 89th | 2nd |
| Oregon | 91st | 10th |
| Oregon State | 2nd | 98th |
| Penn State | 73rd | 33rd |
| Pittsburgh | 60th | 39th |
| Purdue | 25th | 78th |
| Rice | 6th | 94th |
| Rutgers | 70th | 27th |
| SMU | 74th | 42nd |
| Sam Houston | 4th | 96th |
| San Diego State | 24th | 76th |
| San José State | 45th | 69th |
| South Alabama | 36th | 58th |
| South Carolina | 23rd | 86th |
| South Florida | 87th | 23rd |
| Southern Miss | 40th | 55th |
| Stanford | 10th | 90th |
| Syracuse | 5th | 95th |
| TCU | 72nd | 35th |
| Temple | 70th | 34th |
| Tennessee | 96th | 11th |
| Texas | 45th | 55th |
| Texas A&M | 82nd | 14th |
| Texas State | 92nd | 8th |
| Texas Tech | 77th | 31st |
| Toledo | 50th | 61st |
| Troy | 14th | 80th |
| Tulane | 79th | 15th |
| Tulsa | 20th | 70th |
| UAB | 61st | 45th |
| UCF | 33rd | 82nd |
| UCLA | 23rd | 79th |
| UConn | 95th | 13th |
| UL Monroe | 11th | 92nd |
| UNLV | 88th | 9th |
| USC | 98th | 2nd |
| UTEP | 1st | 99th |
| UTSA | 77th | 51st |
| Utah | 97th | 6th |
| Utah State | 46th | 63rd |
| Vanderbilt | 100th | 0th |
| Virginia | 59th | 27th |
| Virginia Tech | 32nd | 71st |
| Wake Forest | 42nd | 72nd |
| Washington | 92nd | 8th |
| Washington State | 33rd | 52nd |
| West Virginia | 7th | 93rd |
| Western Kentucky | 53rd | 29th |
| Western Michigan | 31st | 68th |
| Wisconsin | 0th | 100th |
| Wyoming | 8th | 91st |
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 89th percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it drops to the 73rd — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
83rd percentile success on standard downs, 95th on passing downs — little dropoff between the two — a schedule-independent identity.
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Air Force | 82nd | 69th |
| Akron | 20th | 36th |
| Alabama | 47th | 76th |
| App State | 41st | 80th |
| Arizona | 54th | 54th |
| Arizona State | 40th | 37th |
| Arkansas | 90th | 97th |
| Arkansas State | 51st | 40th |
| Army | 37th | 44th |
| Auburn | 73rd | 24th |
| Austin Peay | 56th | 13th |
| BYU | 91st | 46th |
| Ball State | 5th | 3rd |
| Baylor | 70th | 77th |
| Boise State | 42nd | 63rd |
| Boston College | 56th | 54th |
| Bowling Green | 10th | 17th |
| Bryant | 7th | 2nd |
| Buffalo | 29th | 20th |
| California | 25th | 66th |
| Central Michigan | 57th | 11th |
| Charlotte | 7th | 7th |
| Cincinnati | 89th | 65th |
| Clemson | 49th | 34th |
| Coastal Carolina | 16th | 22nd |
| Colorado | 8th | 48th |
| Colorado State | 29th | 35th |
| Delaware | 66th | 31st |
| Duke | 82nd | 63rd |
| East Carolina | 63rd | 91st |
| Eastern Michigan | 46th | 67th |
| Florida | 52nd | 45th |
| Florida Atlantic | 44th | 61st |
| Florida International | 50th | 26th |
| Florida State | 65th | 90th |
| Fresno State | 22nd | 71st |
| Georgia | 95th | 69th |
| Georgia Southern | 64th | 84th |
| Georgia State | 22nd | 75th |
| Georgia Tech | 92nd | 89th |
| Hawai'i | 33rd | 87th |
| Houston | 61st | 29th |
| Idaho | 30th | 78th |
| Idaho State | 93rd | 14th |
| Illinois | 79th | 95th |
| Indiana | 97th | 98th |
| Iowa | 74th | 19th |
| Iowa State | 80th | 58th |
| Jacksonville State | 59th | 56th |
| James Madison | 77th | 52nd |
| Kansas | 99th | 82nd |
| Kansas State | 37th | 59th |
| Kennesaw State | 44th | 67th |
| Kent State | 15th | 5th |
| Kentucky | 62nd | 29th |
| LSU | 18th | 52nd |
| Lafayette | 0th | 12th |
| Liberty | 65th | 53rd |
| Lindenwood | 4th | 1st |
| Long Island University | 24th | 78th |
| Louisiana | 24th | 23rd |
| Louisiana Tech | 41st | 24th |
| Louisville | 84th | 32nd |
| Maine | 3rd | 18th |
| Marshall | 71st | 62nd |
| Maryland | 11th | 86th |
| Massachusetts | 5th | 9th |
| Memphis | 75th | 68th |
| Merrimack | 1st | 83rd |
| Miami | 80th | 64th |
| Miami (OH) | 33rd | 39th |
| Michigan | 73rd | 74th |
| Michigan State | 48th | 39th |
| Middle Tennessee | 69th | 47th |
| Minnesota | 35th | 33rd |
| Mississippi State | 52nd | 35th |
| Missouri | 76th | 50th |
| Missouri State | 32nd | 50th |
| Murray State | 1st | 6th |
| NC State | 58th | 71st |
| Navy | 95th | 72nd |
| Nebraska | 78th | 51st |
| Nevada | 17th | 16th |
| New Mexico | 38th | 60th |
| New Mexico State | 16th | 33rd |
| North Carolina | 14th | 30th |
| North Texas | 100th | 97th |
| Northern Illinois | 9th | 5th |
| Northwestern | 48th | 88th |
| Notre Dame | 88th | 99th |
| Ohio | 69th | 76th |
| Ohio State | 99th | 99th |
| Oklahoma | 39th | 41st |
| Oklahoma State | 14th | 7th |
| Old Dominion | 72nd | 79th |
| Ole Miss | 83rd | 95th |
| Oregon | 93rd | 55th |
| Oregon State | 54th | 25th |
| Penn State | 76th | 73rd |
| Pittsburgh | 35th | 56th |
| Purdue | 46th | 88th |
| Rice | 20th | 0th |
| Rutgers | 71st | 84th |
| SMU | 50th | 57th |
| Sam Houston | 26th | 4th |
| San Diego State | 84th | 1st |
| San José State | 68th | 70th |
| South Alabama | 53rd | 28th |
| South Carolina | 31st | 8th |
| South Carolina State | 10th | 3rd |
| South Florida | 86th | 46th |
| Southern Miss | 27th | 38th |
| Stanford | 12th | 12th |
| Syracuse | 19th | 10th |
| TCU | 63rd | 82nd |
| Temple | 85th | 22nd |
| Tennessee | 97th | 81st |
| Texas | 27th | 61st |
| Texas A&M | 88th | 59th |
| Texas State | 60th | 93rd |
| Texas Tech | 45th | 65th |
| Toledo | 67th | 42nd |
| Troy | 18th | 27th |
| Tulane | 81st | 86th |
| Tulsa | 43rd | 43rd |
| UAB | 34th | 94th |
| UCF | 39th | 20th |
| UCLA | 28th | 48th |
| UConn | 96th | 37th |
| UL Monroe | 13th | 14th |
| UNLV | 78th | 85th |
| USC | 94th | 90th |
| UT Martin | 2nd | 41st |
| UTEP | 3rd | 10th |
| UTSA | 67th | 92nd |
| Utah | 87th | 96th |
| Utah State | 31st | 49th |
| Vanderbilt | 90th | 100th |
| Virginia | 36th | 73rd |
| Virginia Tech | 59th | 21st |
| Wake Forest | 21st | 31st |
| Washington | 98th | 93rd |
| Washington State | 61st | 44th |
| West Virginia | 12th | 18th |
| Western Kentucky | 55th | 80th |
| Western Michigan | 86th | 16th |
| Wisconsin | 6th | 27th |
| Wyoming | 23rd | 15th |
Halftime identity
1st-half offense ranks 92nd percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 81st — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Schedule mirage
Raw EPA/play through week 21 is 0.31; 98th percentile once opponent strength is stripped out, it's 0.11. The widest gap came in week 1: 0.50 raw vs. 0.04 adjusted.
Ole Miss reads strongest in passing epa (top 7%) and epa / play (top 8%); the crux lives in rushing epa allowed, where Ole Miss sits at the 19th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Most Similar Programs · Ole Miss
Static-attribute similarity across tier, archetype, conference, and voice. Not a prediction — a calibration.
Home-Field Advantage · Ole Miss · 2018-present
76% home win rate vs 47% on the road. margin runs +14.3 better at home. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium seats 64,038, averaging 102% full (65,189 attendance, 29 games reported).
Positional competition · RB room
Kewan Lacy and Logan Diggs split the carries (304/336 vs 32/336) -- but the job isn't split the same way. Logan Diggs produces in bigger chunks.
Positional competition · WR/TE room
Harrison Wallace III (WR) and Dae'Quan Wright (TE) split the targets (86/136 vs 50/136) -- but the job isn't split the same way.
What changed
The biggest shift: 1st-down pass rate moved up 10 points. The rest held closer to steady.
The biggest shift: 1st-down pass rate moved up 11 points. The rest held closer to steady.
Season by season
Defensive identity · pass zones
On short passes, Ole Miss’s defense allows a completion rate below the FBS mean (65.8% vs 65.9% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 131-play sample) — mid-pack, 65 of 133 qualifying defenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball leaderboard here: at the defense level, most teams face well under 30 rich-feed deep targets all season — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess.
Historical echo
Programs whose stature climbed in the same shape. The grey line is their run; the color is what came next for them.
An analogy on the shape of a program’s Zeitgeist stature arc — not a prediction. Interim calibration, medium confidence; matched among current FBS programs at a comparable level.
70°F average kickoff temp; 6% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.
Based on 83 home games with weather data.
12 seasons inside the CFP era, no bids yet — the era the program is still trying to break into.
Ole Miss's 2014–2025 record is 95-54. The era is still being written; the CFP line is the one the program is arguing for.
Week-by-week rivalry heat isn't tracked yet for this matchup — check back as the 2026-27 season approaches and real fan-intel signal accumulates.
Who's more worked up right now
Cross-fanbase rivalry sentiment for this matchup hasn't been measured yet this week — both sides show as neutral until real signal comes in.
THE LAST 5 · year-by-year
All-Time Record
since 1902 · 123 seasons · .551 win rate
Ole Miss reached its first College Football Playoff in 2025, beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl quarterfinal, and came within four points of the national semifinal. Lane Kiffin accepted the LSU job on November 30. Pete Golding carried the team through the postseason anyway.
The Grove is ten acres of oak-shaded tents, chandeliers, and Sunday dress outside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium — what ESPN called the best tailgate in America, a party that ran for decades while the football struggled to justify it. Johnny Vaught built the program's only era of sustained dominance in the 1950s and 60s: six SEC titles, a claimed 1960 national championship, a run of football the fanbase measured everything against for the next half-century. Archie Manning — the quarterback the speed limit on campus is set to 18 mph for — carried the program through the lean years on reputation alone. The Grove was always there. The wins, mostly, were not.
Kiffin changed the math. Five seasons of fast, fearless, points-first football — Air Raid concepts, graduate transfer acquisitions, the willingness to score on every possession and dare the SEC to match it — turned Ole Miss from a beautiful place to lose into a beautiful place that had started winning. The 2025 season was the proof: 13-2, ranked No. 3 in both polls, the best year since Vaught's early 1960s. Beat Tulane 41-10. Beat Georgia 39-34 in the Sugar Bowl quarterfinal in a performance that said the Rebels could go as far as the bracket allowed. Then lost to Miami 31-27 in the Fiesta Bowl semifinal with four points standing between Oxford and the national championship game. Four points, and the man who built the run had already taken a job somewhere else.
The 2026 season is Pete Golding's referendum. The question it will answer is the one Ole Miss has been asking since Vaught retired: can this program keep a winner, or does every coach who finally gets it there find a reason to leave? Golding inherits a Playoff-tested roster, a recruiting class built on Kiffin's momentum, and a fanbase that wants to believe the breakthrough belonged to Oxford — not just the man who departed. The Grove will be packed regardless. What happens between the hedges is what 2026 is for.
Aristocratic-Southern with a portfolio now: under Kiffin, Ole Miss ran a fast, space-creating Air Raid-adjacent system built on pre-snap motion, quick reads, and an offense designed to score rather than manage. Golding inherits that offensive infrastructure and must decide how much to preserve versus reshape around his own defensive identity. The Rebels recruit well enough to stay near the top of the SEC West talent tier; the 2026 question is whether the offensive system survives the coordinator change intact.
Ole Miss 2016–2025. Climbing +2.6 rungs across the last 10 seasons. Slope +0.30 rungs / year — moving up the prestige scale.
12 seasons on file
down middle peak CFP year
Season Standing · 2025 · 13-2 · CFP #6 / AP #6
Ole Miss: Top 15 nationally. NY6-bowl conversation.
SEC Standing · 2025
Ole Miss sits at the top of the SEC at 8-1. Everyone else is chasing.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Miss | 8-1 |
| 2 | Alabama | 8-2 |
| 3 | Georgia | 8-2 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 7-1 |
| 5 | Texas | 6-2 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 6-2 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 6-3 |
| 8 | Missouri | 4-4 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 4-4 |
| 10 | LSU | 3-5 |
| 11 | Florida | 2-6 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 2-6 |
| 13 | Auburn | 1-7 |
| 14 | Mississippi State | 1-7 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 1-7 |
| 16 | Arkansas | 0-8 |
Coaching Era · Ole Miss
Pete Golding took over from Lane Kiffin for the 2026 season.
Three gameday rituals — the ones outsiders never quite catch.
since 1983
Players walk from the team buses through The Grove, the 10-acre tailgating quad, in formal uniform with their helmets in hand. Fans line the brick path. The 'Walk of Champions' arched gateway (built 1998) is the iconic photograph. The Grove is the most-cited tailgate site in CFB.
since 1926
Call-and-response cheer that defines Ole Miss fan identity. Origin contested but documented in 1926. Used as greeting, sign-off, victory cry — the linguistic equivalent of 'War Eagle' at Auburn or 'Gig 'em' at Texas A&M. The phrase IS the program more than the team is.
since 1927
The Golden Egg trophy passes between Ole Miss and Mississippi State after the annual Egg Bowl. Origin: 1927 brawl after a game; the AD's wife suggested a trophy to civilize the rivalry. Has not entirely civilized it. State legislature pays attention.
Program memory
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
Vaught's undefeated peak — the championship the program still measures itself against
2025
Beat Tulane 41-10 and Georgia 39-34 before falling to Miami 31-27 in the Fiesta Bowl semifinal
2025
The coach who finally broke through departs before the Playoff ends
Heartbreak
Moment of the Year · Ole Miss · 2025
Week 18 of 2025. Beat a top-2 opponent on the road.
Bowl / Postseason Ledger
Most recent: 2025 — loss 27-31 (home). Last 5 postseason: 4-1.
NFL Draft Pipeline
2022–202623 picks last 5 cycles. 2 first-round picks. Recruits with NFL ambitions notice.
Unit lineage
FBS-relative efficiency percentile per season (2014–2025), same population as the Coordinator Mirror board. Dashed vertical lines mark a coordinator change.
Hired for 2026: John David Baker / co-Cody Woodiel — not yet reflected in on-field data.
Hired for 2026: Bryan Brown / co-Marcus Woodson — not yet reflected in on-field data.
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Recruiting Footprint · 2026
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2025 stat leaders
How They Play · 2025
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Season Standing · 2025 · 13-2 · CFP #6 / AP #6
Coaching Era · Ole Miss
Moment of the Year · Ole Miss · 2025
Bowl / Postseason Ledger
NFL Draft Pipeline