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#8Ole Miss Rebels

2–0 · 0–0 SEC
In the books
WEEK 3 · 2026
Week 3 pregame guide

Ole Miss needs its secondary to settle down against LSU

Ole Miss hosts LSU as a 68% favorite, with a major SEC opportunity at home and three long-shot upsets worth following elsewhere.

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Sunset at Ole Miss football game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on September 21, 2024
Sunset at Ole Miss football game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on September 21, 2024
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Your game

LSU at Ole Miss
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ABC
Final
LSU
Final · LSU 24–32 Ole MissWish granted ✓
Ole Miss

Other impactful games

the highlighted team was the result Ole Miss wanted
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ESPN
Impact 1
Syracuse
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Rooted for
Pittsburgh
Final · Syracuse 13–27 PittsburghWish granted ✓
Projected 2.5-point playoff boost

Pittsburgh won, thinning out the at-large competition for Ole Miss's playoff spot.

Entering-week projection43% if Pittsburgh won40% with the other result2.5-point differenceOle Miss playoff chance
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FOX
Impact 2
Rooted for
Houston
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Texas Tech
Final · Houston 26–28 Texas TechWent the other way ✗
Projected 2.0-point playoff boost

Texas Tech won instead, so Ole Miss did not get the result it wanted.

Entering-week projection45% if Houston won43% with the other result2-point differenceOle Miss playoff chance
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ABC
Impact 3
Georgia
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Rooted for
Arkansas
Final · Georgia 45–17 ArkansasWent the other way ✗
Projected 2.7-point title-game boost

Georgia won instead, so Ole Miss did not get the result it wanted.

Entering-week projection23% if Arkansas won21% with the other result2.7-point differenceOle Miss SEC title-game chance
53 other games had little impact
Miami at Wake Forest · ESPN
Coastal Carolina at Delaware · CBSSN
Tulane at Kansas State · ESPN2
Bowling Green at Iowa State · ESPNU
Arizona State at Kansas · FS1
North Carolina at Clemson · ESPN
Akron at Minnesota · BTN
Kent State at Ohio State · FOX
Buffalo at Penn State · BTN
North Texas at Texas State · USA Network
Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin · Peacock
NC State at Vanderbilt · SEC Network
Wyoming at Central Michigan · ESPN+
Temple at Toledo · CBSSN
Florida State at Alabama · ABC
Kentucky at Texas A&M · ESPN
Miami (OH) at Cincinnati · ESPN+
Utah State at Utah · FOX
SMU at Louisville · ESPN2
UTEP at Michigan · BTN
USC at Rutgers · CBS
Stanford at Duke · The CW Network
Western Kentucky at Indiana · Peacock
Ball State at Liberty · ESPN+
Louisiana Tech at Baylor · ESPNU
Mississippi State at South Carolina · SEC Network
East Carolina at Old Dominion · ESPN+
Florida International at Florida Atlantic · ESPN+
Charlotte at App State · ESPN+
Marshall at Missouri State · CBSSN
Florida at Auburn · ESPN
Troy at Missouri · SECN+
Georgia State at UCF · ESPN+
UConn at Southern Miss · ESPN+
Western Michigan at Rice · ESPN+
Nevada at Middle Tennessee · ESPN+
Ohio at South Alabama · ESPN+
Georgia Southern at Jacksonville State · ESPN+
New Mexico at Oklahoma · ESPN2
BYU at Colorado State · CBS
Colorado at Northwestern · FOX
West Virginia at Virginia · ACC Network
Virginia Tech at Maryland · FS1
Michigan State at Notre Dame · NBC
Kennesaw State at Tennessee · SEC Network
UTSA at Texas · SECN+
Arkansas State at TCU · ESPNU
UAB at Louisiana · ESPN+
James Madison at San Diego State · The CW Network
Northern Illinois at Arizona · TNT
North Dakota State at Sacramento State · ESPN
Purdue at UCLA · BTN
Fresno State at San José State · FS1
The rooting list was:Ole Miss, then Pittsburgh, Houston, Arkansas.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 3, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 3). How the model works.