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Ole Miss Rebels

SEC·2-0·
Elo
1837#12
SP+
13.3#20
FPI
15.5
AP
#9
Nextvs LSU · Wk 3Win prob 78%Model -11.3
Talent #14 (885.7)Recruiting class #2250% production returning

Roster · 121 players

FR 44SO 26JR 26SR 25
#PlayerPosClHtWt
2Deuce KnightQBFR6'5"225
6Trinidad ChamblissQBSR6'0"205
8AJ MaddoxQBSO6'1"195
13Jack PattersonQBSO6'3"205
14Walker HowardQBSR6'0"195
16George HamsleyQBSR6'5"235
19Rees WiseQBFR6'1"210
5Kewan LacyRBJR5'11"205
25Makhi FrazierRBJR5'10"225
26JT LindseyRBFR5'11"190
28Joshua DyeRBJR5'10"200
33Shekai Mills-KnightRBFR6'2"220
35Damarius YatesRBFR5'10"195
36Ja'Michael JonesRBFR5'10"200
0Johntay Cook IIWRSR5'11"190
1Deuce AlexanderWRJR6'0"180
3Caleb CunninghamWRFR6'1"210
7Traylon RayWRJR6'2"195
11Horatio FieldsWRSR6'2"210
12Izaiah HartrupWRSR5'11"180
15Darrell Gill Jr.WRSR6'1"185
22Cameron MillerWRSO5'10"180
24Case ThomasWRFR6'0"200
27Kervin Johnson Jr.WRFR6'3"210
29William JonesWRFR5'11"195
47Anthony AguirreWRSR6'4"215
81Samari ReedWRFR6'2"200
83Levi BlountWRFR6'0"190
84Dillon AlfredWRFR5'11"175
85Isaiah SpencerWRSR6'2"205
88Jase MathewsWRFR6'2"190
89Dylan DavisWRJR6'1"200
4Caleb OdomTEJR6'5"240
9Luke HaszTESR6'2"240
42Jack HarperTESO6'4"245
80Hayden BradleyTEFR6'4"245
82Michael SmithTESO6'4"260
86Brady PrieskornTESO6'5"245
87Wyatt SmalleyTEJR6'2"220
50Troy EverettOLSR6'3"315
51Delano TownsendOLJR6'4"330
52Cooper JohnsonOLSO6'6"330
53Trey NightingaleOLSO6'0"265
55Terez DavisOLSO6'4"300
56Mason WaddleOLFR5'11"250
57Carius CurneOLSO6'5"330
61Tommy Kinsler IVOLJR6'6"350
62Brycen SandersOLJR6'5"315
65Connor HowesOLSO6'6"315
67Kane MankinsOLFR6'5"295
69Joe KouryOLSO5'10"280
70Jalan ChapmanOLFR6'3"315
71Emanuel FaulknerOLFR6'6"305
75Patrick KutasOLSR6'6"315
76John Wayne OliverOLSO6'5"310
77Enoch WangoyOLSO6'7"350
79Roman WomackOLSO6'5"310
1Jordan RenaudDEJR6'3"265
3Blake PurchaseDEJR6'3"250
5Kam FranklinDEJR6'5"295
15Landon BarnesDEFR6'3"250
17Jonathan MaldonadoDESR6'6"250
45Talib GrahamDEFR6'1"250
54Tre EllisDEFR6'1"260
55Cam ClarkDESO6'2"255
99Carmelow ReedDEFR6'6"275
9Jehiem OatisDTSR6'5"340
52Will EcholesDTJR6'3"315
88Michai BoireauDTJR6'5"355
90Jayden CurtisDTFR6'3"275
91Jamarion OwensDTFR6'1"295
95Andrew MaddoxDTFR6'3"285
96Jamarious BrownDTJR6'2"315
97Kamron BeaversDTSO6'3"300
4Suntarine PerkinsLBSR6'2"220
11Keaton ThomasLBSR6'1"240
12Luke FerrelliLBSO6'3"230
22Raymond CollinsLBSR6'2"235
23Jarcoby HopsonLBFR6'2"250
26Ant Davis Jr.LBFR6'1"220
30JaMichael GarrettLBFR6'2"200
42Bryson WaltersLBFR6'2"240
44Tony MitchellLBSR6'1"240
48Mark Trigg Jr.LBJR6'1"200
49Tah'j ButlerLBJR6'1"235
53Ford BeekerLBFR5'11"205
56Hayden ParkerLBFR5'11"215
0Jalyn CrawfordCBJR6'0"180
2Jaylon BraxtonCBJR6'0"190
8Antonio KiteCBSR6'0"190
13Cedrick BeaversCBSR5'11"185
16Dorian BarneyCBFR6'0"185
21Tavoy FeaginCBSO6'0"170
25Maison DunnCBFR6'2"185
27Pat BroomfieldCBSO6'1"165
28Dante CoreCBFR5'11"170
32Victor Lincoln Jr.CBFR5'11"170
34Iverson McCoyCBFR5'11"185
41John Ross AshleyCBJR5'11"180
43Isreal SolomonCBJR5'9"175
6Joenel AgueroSSR5'11"200
7Sharif DensonSSR5'11"195
14Edwin JosephSJR6'0"195
19MJ PrestonSFR6'0"180
20Anthony Robinson IIISSO6'0"200
24Andy JaffeSJR6'1"195
29Nick CullSSR5'11"180
31Ladarian ClardySSO5'11"190
35Craig TuttSFR5'10"190
36Keon YoungSFR6'0"190
37Cortez ThomasSFR6'0"200
39Gerald Lacy Jr.SJR6'0"185
46Nascar McCoySFR6'1"200
17Lucas CarneiroPKSR5'11"195
41Peter McStravickPKSO6'2"185
46Jackson MoorePKSR5'11"170
33Oscar BirdPSO6'4"220
47Stephon WeisePFR6'1"195
50Caleb BlankenshipLSSO6'2"240
83Sean JudgeLSSO6'4"235
93Richie BruderLSFR6'1"225

Team Statistics · per game, with national FBS rank

Points / game
41.0
scoring offense
Points allowed
23.5
scoring defense
Differential
+17.5
per game
Offense
Total yards / game
488.0#33
Yards / play
6.3#65
Passing yards / game
336.0#17
Rushing yards / game
152.0#74
First downs / game
24.0#40
3rd down %
37.5%#94
4th down %
50.0%#67
Time of possession
29:02#90
Defense
Yards allowed / game
469.0#126
Yards / play allowed
6.9#125
Pass yards allowed / game
307.0#126
Rush yards allowed / game
162.0#105
3rd down % allowed
43.8%#101
Sacks
3#58
Tackles for loss
8#67
Turnovers & Discipline
Turnover margin
-2#109
Takeaways
0#118
Giveaways
2#68
Penalties / game
6.0#52
Penalty yards / game
60.0#84

Rank is national among all FBS teams (#1 = best), oriented so higher rank = better even for defensive and discipline metrics. Bars show percentile.

Scouting Report · 2026 projection

Ole Miss is in year 1 under Pete Golding. The strengths are offensive, led by 4th at staying on schedule through the air.

Ole Miss has played 1 game against a soft slate, adjusted for here. That football carries about 0% of what is below; the rest is still the preseason projection.

Projected strengths

  • Offensestaying on schedule through the air
    #4
    projected
  • Offensesurviving second and twelve
    #7
    projected
  • Offenseturning trips inside the 40 into points
    #8
    projected

Each bar is where this team sits in the country. Before the season has produced enough football these are PROJECTIONS — last season regressed to the mean, plus talent, returning production, recruiting and whether the staff is the same one — and the season replaces them as it is played. Head coaches only — there is no free feed for coordinators, so on a program where the head coach does not call the offense this describes the staff he hired. Play-calling identity is a style, not a grade: throwing more than the situations warrant is not better than throwing less than they warrant.

2026 Season Projection

model win prob · 9 to play
8.92.1
projected final record (now 20)
Exp. wins left
6.9
of 9 games
Bowl odds
100%
reach 6 wins
Best odds
94%
vs Mississippi State
Toughest
52%
vs Texas

How the season could finish · 2026 · chance of each final win total · 9 games left

Every remaining game simulated from the model's win probability for it. Tallest bar is the single likeliest finish, not a prediction that it happens.

234567891011
final winstallest bar = 32% chance
Likeliest finish 9-2 (32%)Bowl eligible 100% · marked on the axis at 6

Player Value

EPA contribution by position group + estimated NIL market value (derived from position rates and on-field production — not actual deal figures).

Unit Value — Total EPA
QBTrinidad Chambliss
+24.1 EPA
WRHoratio Fields, Johntay Cook II +2
+17.4 EPA
TELuke Hasz, Michael Smith +1
+3.3 EPA
RBMakhi Frazier, Kewan Lacy +1
+0.8 EPA

Total EPA produced by each positional group this season. OL value is captured via the rush/pass efficiency of skill players; OL-specific EPA isn't separately reported.

Estimated NIL Market Value
ESTIMATED
EPA +24.10.536/play45 snaps
RBKewan Lacy
~$170K
EPA +3.50.146/play24 snaps

Estimated from position-group market rates and on-field EPA contribution. Actual NIL valuations depend on social media following, brand fit, and market negotiations — these figures are directional only.

The Five Factors

ranked vs. FBS · bar = better
Efficiency (PPA)
Off0.2955th#62
Def0.359th#126
Explosiveness
Off1.3161st#55
Def1.4814th#119
Field position
Off67.728th#100
Def69.080th#28
Finishing (pts/opp)
Off4.8672nd#40
Def4.2918th#114
Turnovers
Won 0Lost 2
Margin -2

Opponent-adjusted efficiency

EPA/play vs. schedule
Offense
Defense
Off · pass
0.5477th#33
Off · rush
0.1142nd#80

Pass vs. rush (PPA)

Rushing
Off0.1142nd#80
Def0.2412th#121
Passing
Off0.5476th#34
Def0.4715th#117

Trenches & disruption

Line yards (off)
2.84#95
2nd-level / open-field
0.73 / 0.20
Power / stuff (off)
63.6% / 12.2%
Havoc — total (def)
16.2%#67
Havoc — front 7 / DB
13.2% / 2.9%

Standard vs. passing downs

Pro
Std downs
Off0.29
Def0.28
Pass downs
Off0.29
Def0.48

PPA on each down type (off vs. def).

Opponent-adjusted by down

Pro
1st2nd3rd
Offense0.24#310.36#480.33#103
Defense0.17#1170.29#1020.77#116

Elo Trajectory

LouisvilleFinal
Elo rating 18391880+41 over season

Team Fingerprint · 2026 · 43 opponent-adjusted metrics · percentile vs 138 FBS teams

Plot these →
worst in FBSbest

Efficiency

  • Offense EPA/play0.3061st
  • Defense EPA/play allowed0.3911th
  • Offense success rate46%53rd
  • Defense success rate allowed46%23rd

Downs

  • Offense success — standard downs57%74th
  • Offense success — passing downs18%12th
  • Defense success allowed — standard downs54%12th
  • Defense success allowed — passing downs27%49th

Explosiveness

  • Offense explosiveness1.369th
  • Defense explosiveness allowed1.515th
  • Offense explosiveness — standard downs1.164th
  • Offense explosiveness — passing downs3.199th

Trenches

  • Offense line yards3.147th
  • Defense line yards allowed2.366th
  • Offense highlight yards0.1915th
  • Defense highlight yards allowed2.67th
  • Offense power success0.6430th
  • Defense power success allowed0.8042nd
  • Offense stuff rate0.1459th
  • Defense stuff rate0.2574th

Third down

  • Third down conversion40%42nd
  • Third down distance faced5.976th
  • Third down conversion allowed44%31st
  • Third down distance forced7.351st

Halves

  • Net success rate — first half0.0846th
  • Net success rate — second half-0.0332nd

Drives

  • Points per drive3.275th
  • Points per drive allowed2.832nd
  • Average starting field position3281st
  • Opponent starting field position3131st
  • Available yards gained57%68th
  • Available yards allowed45%64th
  • Scoring opportunities per drive85%62nd
  • Scoring opportunities allowed77%63rd
  • Points per scoring opportunity3.776th
  • Points allowed per opportunity3.730th
  • Three-and-out rate23%53rd
  • Three-and-outs forced31%63rd

Roster

  • Returning usage68%81st
  • Returning EPA27993rd
  • Team talent composite88691st
  • Recruiting class rank22.085th
  • Recruiting class points23785th

Every metric is opponent-adjusted and ranked so that higher is always better — a defensive rate that is good when low is ranked accordingly. Sack and tackle-for-loss composition are deliberately absent: their relationship to team quality is a measured null, so they carry a style rather than a rank, and they appear in the pressure signature instead.

Intelligence Report

Offensive DNA

EPA/play
+0.293#62 · average
Pass EPA/play
+0.535#34
Rush EPA/play
+0.113#80
Explosiveness
1.310#55
Pts/opportunity
4.86#40
Success rate
46.8%

Pass efficiency edge: 0.422 EPA/play

🛡

Defensive Identity

Disruptive defense — allowing above-average EPA/play
EPA/play allowed
+0.346#126 · bottom 20%
Havoc rate (total)
16.2%#67
Front-7 havoc
13.2%
DB havoc
2.9%
Big play rate allowed
1.478#119
Success rate allowed
44.1%

Disruption comes primarily from the front seven.

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Season Signature

41.0 PPG offense, 23.5 allowed — +17.5 margin/game
Points per game
41.0
Points allowed/game
23.5
Scoring margin/game
+17.5
Turnover margin
-2won 0 · lost 2
Production returning
50%
Talent rank (247)
#14

2-0 record through 2 games.

Team Shape · percentile vs. FBS · dashed = 50th

OFFENSE55thEXPLOSIVENESS61thFINISHING72thFIELD POS28thDEFENSE9thHAVOC52th50th100th
Offense
55th
Explosiveness
61th
Finishing
72th
Field Pos
28th
Defense
9th
Havoc
52th

Each axis = national percentile rank. 100th = best in FBS, 0th = worst. Defense and Havoc are oriented so higher = better.

CORE efficiency · situation and opponent removed

Points per 100 plays above average, after the game state is regressed out of every snap and the schedule is solved out across the whole league. The version of this team’s efficiency that can be compared to a team it never played.

Overall
+13.3
#26
Offense
+14.5
#5
Defense
+1.1
#82
Full CORE ratings →

What a possession is worth · 13 drives

MeasureOffenseDefense
Points per drive3.152.85
Starting field positionown 32.3own 30.7
Available yards56.7%44.5%
Scoring opportunities84.6%76.9%
Points per opportunity3.733.70
Three-and-out rate23.1%30.8%
Every team’s drive efficiency →

Play-calling identity

Against what the league calls from the same down, distance, field position, score and clock — so this is the staff, not the game script.

Pass rate
48.0%
Expected, given the spots
44.3%
Over expected
+3.7
Fourth down vs peers
-17
Fourth down vs the model
-50
All play-calling tendencies →

National Landscape · 2026 FBS · offense vs. defense EPA/play

Each dot = one FBS team. Ole Miss is highlighted. Tap or hover a dot for details.

ELITEDEF. FORTRESSOFF. POWERHOUSEREBUILDING-0.100.00+0.10+0.20+0.30-0.050.00+0.10+0.20Offensive EPA/play← worsebetter →Defensive EPA allowed/play← worsebetter →

Similar Programs

Teams with the closest offense + defense efficiency profile to Ole Miss in 2026

by EPA/play distance
CharlotteSP+ -26.0
Off EPA/play +0.286Def EPA/play +0.375Elo 1182
Match
98%
Florida StateSP+ +6.9
Off EPA/play +0.242Def EPA/play +0.268Elo 1557
Match
95%
Texas StateSP+ -7.8
Off EPA/play +0.185Def EPA/play +0.326Elo 1441
Match
95%
IllinoisSP+ +7.5
Off EPA/play +0.310Def EPA/play +0.245Elo 1595
Match
95%
Oregon StateSP+ -6.8
Off EPA/play +0.183Def EPA/play +0.312Elo 1260
Match
95%
StanfordSP+ -4.7
Off EPA/play +0.278Def EPA/play +0.244Elo 1354
Match
94%

Similarity = normalized Euclidean distance on season offensive and defensive EPA/play. Teams within ±0.02 EPA/play on both units score >90%.

Program Trajectory · CORE rating · 20152026 · points per game vs an average FBS team

2015: +24.0, #5 of 1282016: +4.5, #49 of 1282017: +4.3, #52 of 1302018: +10.0, #30 of 1302019: +4.5, #44 of 1302020: -2.2, #75 of 1242021: +12.8, #28 of 1302022: +12.0, #25 of 1312023: +15.2, #23 of 1332024: +29.1, #4 of 1342025: +19.4, #16 of 1362026: +13.3, #26 of 138
20152026
Now +13.3 · #26 of 138Best +29.1 in 2024Worst -2.2 in 2020

Program History

recent seasons
YearOverallConfWin %xWLuck
20261-00-0
100%
0.7+0.3
202513-27-1
87%
11.8+1.2
202410-35-3
77%
11.2-1.2
202311-26-2
85%
9.4+1.6
20228-54-4
62%
9.3-1.3
202110-36-2
77%
9.0+1.0
20205-54-5
50%
5.2-0.2
20194-82-6
33%
5.1-1.1
20185-71-7
42%
6.5-1.5
20176-63-5
50%
5.6+0.4

xW = expected wins from per-game dominance. Luck = actual − expected (positive = won close games).

15%of 50,000 simulated 2026 seasons end with them in the field

1-0 so far, projected to finish 7.2-4.9. Top-four bye in 3.4%. Wins the SEC in 2.1%.

If they finish with…

100%
0 losses
100%
1 loss
97%
2 losses
35%
3 losses
0.2%
4 losses

Their chance of making it at each final loss count. Better than even up to 2.

Win out and it is 100%. Running the table settles it.

down 2.6 points since preseasonwon 41-38 over Louisville against an expected margin of +5, so 2.4 against the number.

  • At 3 losses they are 35% where the average SEC team is 41%.
  • The SEC takes 3.83 bids in an average season, and four or more in 65%.

Ole Miss’s own turning points

Points of playoff probability between winning and losing.

  • wk8at Texas28.9
  • wk3vs LSU25.3
  • wk10vs Georgia24.5
  • wk11at Oklahoma24.2
  • wk4at Florida23.0
  • wk7vs Missouri18.4

Who to root for

Games Ole Miss is not in that move its odds most. Same units, much smaller scale.

  • wk6Kentucky over LSU2.1
  • wk11Northwestern over Ohio State1.9
  • wk11North Dakota State over Hawai'i1.9
  • wk2Michigan over Oklahoma1.6
  • wk9Navy over Notre Dame1.5
  • wk7Mississippi State over LSU1.5
The full playoff picture →

SEC

0-0 in league play, projected 4.1-4.911 of 16 by title odds
2.1%
Wins the SEC
5.1%
Reaches the title game

The SEC sends its top two by conference winning percentage, head-to-head breaking a tie. The last berth is level on percentage in 48% of simulated seasons, so a tiebreaker decides it about that often.

  • wk8Ole Miss at Texas6.2
  • wk3LSU at Ole Miss5.0
  • wk10Georgia at Ole Miss4.8
  • wk4Ole Miss at Florida4.1

Points of title probability riding on each result. The whole SEC race →

If not the playoff, then

80%
Bowl eligible
66%
Placed in a bowl
15%
In the playoff
19%
Season over in November

Ole Miss is 1-0 and needs 5 more wins from 11 games to reach the six that make a team eligible — at most one of which may come against an FCS opponent. In 1.3% they go with five wins, as a 5-7 fill-in — which in reality is decided by academic progress rate, not by anything modelled here.

  • Duke's Mayo Bowl8.8%
  • Music City Bowl8.8%
  • Texas Bowl8.5%
  • Gator Bowl8.2%
  • ReliaQuest Bowl7.5%
  • Liberty Bowl7.3%

Every bowl, and how each one picks →

Recruiting Pipelines

since 2010

Of the 170 high-school programs with a pipeline page here, 5 have sent Ole Miss a player since 2010 — 19 signees between them. Where they signed, not where they were offered, and not a complete list of Ole Miss's feeder schools: only these 170 have the outcome history to measure.

High schoolSignedDrafted
CallawayGA52
GraysonGA51
AllenTX31
ColumbiaFL31
OxfordAL31
All 170 high-school pipelines →
✓/✗ = whether our pregame model picked the winner. Win % & projections from the Gridpex model. Data: CollegeFootballData.