Ole Miss Rebels

SECOxford, MSVaught-Hemingway Stadium

2026: 5–⁠1 (3–⁠1 SEC), No. 7 in the AP poll. Last: beat No. 13 Missouri 31–⁠3 at home. Next: at Texas, Saturday, Oct 24, 7:30 p.m. ET.

  1. W 41–⁠38vs. No. 24 Louisville
  2. W 41–⁠9Charlotte
  3. W 32–⁠24No. 7 LSU
  4. L 28–⁠52at No. 21 Florida
  5. W 52–⁠17at Vanderbilt
  6. W 31–⁠3No. 13 Missouri
  7. Oct 24at Texas
  8. Oct 31Auburn
  9. Nov 7Georgia
  10. Nov 14at Oklahoma
  11. Nov 21Wofford
  12. Nov 27Mississippi State
  • Outfitted by Nike

Ole Miss has played football since 1893 and is 707–⁠539–⁠34 in the 1,280 games on record here, which start in 1902. Ole Miss claims three national championships (1959, 1960, 1962). Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 2, in 1960. They have won six Southeastern Conference titles (the last in 1963), counting shared titles. Since 1937, the NFL Draft has taken 161 players from here in its first seven rounds, 24 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took six players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 10 players and 1 coach from Ole Miss. John Vaught (1947–⁠1973) won more games here than any other coach: 190. The most-played rival is Mississippi State: 119 meetings, Ole Miss leads 67–⁠46–⁠6. This season, under Pete Golding, they’re 5–⁠1.

Résumé

All-time record
706–⁠534–⁠34 official; 707–⁠539–⁠34 on file; how we count
Postseason
29–⁠16 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
5 of 343 ranked
Elo now
1732 7th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 8 · Composite No. 15 in FBS, Oct 17; up 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1960 rated 1795
Conference titles
6 last in 1963
Bowl record
26–⁠15 official, bowls only
Seasons
124 since 1902, 1,280 games

Identity

Fight song
Forward Rebels
Mascot
Tony
Student section
Club Red

2026 season 5–⁠1

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vs24LouisvilleW 41–⁠3863%
Sep 12vsCharlotteW 41–⁠993%
Sep 19vs7LSUW 32–⁠2470%
Sep 26at21FloridaL 28–⁠5264%
Oct 10atVanderbiltW 52–⁠1752%
Oct 17vs13MissouriW 31–⁠366%
Oct 24atTexasPreview49%
Oct 31vsAuburnPreview79%
Nov 7vsGeorgiaPreview55%
Nov 14atOklahomaPreview62%
Nov 21vsWoffordPreview93%
Nov 27vsMississippi StatePreview82%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Ole Miss’s Elo through 2026: 1693 going into the opener, 1732 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 9 to unranked.1675170017251750Elo 1693 going in; beat Louisville 41–38; AP No. 9Elo 1703 going in; beat Charlotte 41–9; AP No. 9Elo 1707 going in; beat LSU 32–24; AP No. 8Elo 1719 going in; lost to Florida 52–28; AP No. 4Elo 1676 going in; beat Vanderbilt 52–17; AP No. 9Elo 1710 going in; beat Missouri 31–3; AP No. 9Now: Elo 1732 after the latest game1732
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Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
20273 games: 3 home, non-conference only
20282 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20292 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20302 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20311 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20322 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20331 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20341 game: 1 away, non-conference only

Ole Miss’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, the next 8 seasons (1 more listed), as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 18, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Ole Miss.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Sources disagree 2 sources give Nike; others give Adidas (1 source). Chosen by count of sources, then the newest, for this season; needs a reviewer.
Mascot
Tony · Official source
Student section
Club Red · Official source
Athletic director
Keith Carter · Official source
Offensive coordinator
John David Baker · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Bryan Brown · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike, 1999 through June 2027. Extended in 2015 for 12 years, through the 2026-27 school year.

Next: Adidas, July 2027 through June 2034 (official). 7 years; reported above $20M a year. Announced by Ole Miss on Oct 7 2026. Covers 18 varsity programs and includes NIL funding from Adidas and the school.

  • On3, Oct 2, 2026: Agreement reported; Nike deal ends June 2027
  • Yahoo Sports: 7 years, $140M, July 2027 through 2034
  • Fox Sports, Oct 2, 2026: 7 years, July 1, 2027 through 2034, expected to rival or exceed $20M a year

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1902

Best seasons ever
Ole Miss end-of-season Elo from 1902 to 2026, best in 1960 at 1795.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201960 peak: Elo 1795
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

  • Brandon Marcello

    Associate’s degree at 16. Bachelor’s at 19. Grad degree coming at 21. Austin Simmons was always ahead of schedule. Then Trinidad Chambliss came along. On Saturday, the Mizzou QB returns to Ole Miss "It's not a grudge match," his dad tells @CBSSports 📰 www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

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  • Bill Radjewski

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    Read on Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Pete Golding2025–⁠20267–⁠2
Lane Kiffin2020–⁠202555–⁠19
Matt Luke2017–⁠201915–⁠21
Hugh Freeze2012–⁠201639–⁠25
Houston Nutt2008–⁠201124–⁠26
Ed Orgeron2005–⁠200710–⁠25
David Cutcliffe1998–⁠200444–⁠29
Tommy Tuberville1995–⁠199825–⁠20
Joe Lee Dunn19944–⁠7
Billy Brewer1983–⁠199366–⁠57–⁠3
Steve Sloan1978–⁠198220–⁠34–⁠1
Ken Cooper1974–⁠197719–⁠25
Billy Kinard1971–⁠197316–⁠9
John Vaught1947–⁠1973190–⁠61–⁠12
Red Drew19462–⁠7
Harry Mehre1938–⁠194539–⁠26–⁠1
Ed Walker1930–⁠193738–⁠38–⁠8
Homer Hazel1925–⁠192921–⁠22–⁠3
Chester S. Barnard19244–⁠5
Roland Cowell1922–⁠19238–⁠11–⁠1
R.L. Sullivan1919–⁠19217–⁠13
Dudy Noble1917–⁠19182–⁠7–⁠1
Fred Robbins1915–⁠19165–⁠12
William L. Driver1913–⁠191411–⁠7–⁠2
Leo DeTray19124–⁠3
N.P. Stauffer1909–⁠191117–⁠7–⁠2
Frank Kyle19083–⁠5
Frank Mason19070–⁠6
T.S. Hammond19064–⁠2
M.H. Harvey1903–⁠19044–⁠4
Daniel S. Martin19024–⁠3

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesMISS record
Mississippi State11967–⁠46–⁠6 ‡
LSU11244–⁠64–⁠4 ‡
Vanderbilt9755–⁠40–⁠2 ‡
Arkansas7232–⁠37–⁠1 †
Alabama679–⁠52–⁠2 †
Tulane6742–⁠23 †
Tennessee6620–⁠44–⁠1 †
Memphis6347–⁠12–⁠2 †

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Mississippi State, LSU, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Arkansas, Memphis, Tulane, Auburn.

Trophies it holds: Magnolia Bowl Trophy (LSU, since 2025), Golden Egg Trophy (Mississippi State, since 2023). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (139)

Every program Ole Miss has played, A to Z, with Ole Miss’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

6, counting shared titles
Southeastern Conference 6
1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1963
SEC West 1
2003 (tied)

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1893–⁠1904
  2. SIAA 1905–⁠1921
  3. SEC 1933–⁠1942 and since 1944
  • 1932Joined the SEC from the SoCon. Source

Ole Miss’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2014Deterrian Shackelford Wuerffel
2006Patrick Willis LBButkus
2003Eli Manning QBMaxwell, Unitas Golden Arm
2003Jonathan Nichols KGroza

Consensus All-Americans 14

2024Walter Nolen DL
2020Elijah Moore WR
2014Senquez Golson DB
2008Michael Oher OT
2006Patrick Willis LB
1998Rufus French TE
1992Everett Lindsay OG
1979Jim Miller P
1962Jim Dunaway OT
1960Jake Gibbs QB
1959Charlie Flowers FB
1953Crawford Mims OG
1947Charlie Conerly RB
1938Parker Hall RB

Led the nation 7

2024Jaxson Dart passer rating (180.7), total offense (4,774 yds), total offense per game (367.2)
2020Matt Corral total offense per game (384.3)
1949Kayo Dottley rushing yards (1,312 yds)
1947Barney Poole receptions (52 catches)
1947Charlie Conerly passing touchdowns (18 TD)
1940Junie Hovious punt return yards (498 yds)
1938Parker Hall yards per carry (6.5), points (73 pts)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2003Eli Manning QB3rd
1970Archie Manning QB3rd
1969Archie Manning QB4th
1960Jake Gibbs QB3rd
1959Charlie Flowers FB5th
1947Charlie Conerly RB/QB4th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
10
Coaches
1
2025Terrence Metcalf OL
2019Patrick Willis LB
2014Wesley Walls TE/DE
1997Charlie Flowers FB
1995Jake Gibbs QB
1991Parker Hall RB
1989Archie Manning QB
1979Johnny Vaught coach, career 1947–⁠1973
1974Barney Poole E
1966Charlie Conerly RB
1951Bruiser Kinard OT

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
161 since 1937
First-round picks
24
AAFC and AFL picks
6 1947, 1961, 1963–⁠64
2025Walter Nolen DTNo. 16, Arizona Cardinals
2025Jaxson Dart QBNo. 25, New York Giants
2017Evan Engram TENo. 23, New York Giants
2016Laremy Tunsil OTNo. 13, Miami Dolphins
2016Laquon Treadwell WRNo. 23, Minnesota Vikings
2016Robert Nkemdiche DTNo. 29, Arizona Cardinals
2009Michael Oher OTNo. 23, Baltimore Ravens
2009Peria Jerry DTNo. 24, Atlanta Falcons

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Mississippi
Enrollment
26,449 21,585 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
University, Mississippi
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1848
Graduates’ median earnings
$50,994 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @OleMissFBInstagram @olemissfbFacebook OleMissFootball
Athletics department
X @OleMissSportsInstagram @olemissathleticsFacebook olemisssports

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones olemisssports.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

On the newsreel

And 11 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Films and books

On film

In books

Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA), about the program, its seasons, games and rivalries. Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Ole Miss (3 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠13–⁠19Pete Golding173215.9
202513–⁠27–⁠1213Lane Kiffin, Pete Golding178924.0
202410–⁠35–⁠3611Lane Kiffin175227.9
202311–⁠26–⁠222Lane Kiffin170518.4
20228–⁠54–⁠421Lane Kiffin157516.2
202110–⁠36–⁠211Lane Kiffin165014.8
20205–⁠54–⁠5Lane Kiffin15174.8
20194–⁠82–⁠6Matt Luke14572.9
20185–⁠71–⁠7Matt Luke14609.8
20176–⁠63–⁠5Matt Luke154311.6
20165–⁠72–⁠611Hugh Freeze153712.4
201510–⁠36–⁠21710Hugh Freeze173927.0
20149–⁠45–⁠31817Hugh Freeze165020.7
20138–⁠53–⁠5Hugh Freeze158612.4
20127–⁠63–⁠5Hugh Freeze155314.2
20112–⁠100–⁠8Houston Nutt1374-9.7
20104–⁠81–⁠7Houston Nutt14792.8
20099–⁠44–⁠4820Houston Nutt163416.7
20089–⁠45–⁠314Houston Nutt161217.1
20073–⁠90–⁠8Ed Orgeron1365-2.7
20064–⁠82–⁠6Ed Orgeron1396-3.2
20053–⁠81–⁠7Ed Orgeron1383-4.2
20044–⁠73–⁠5David Cutcliffe1496-1.6
200310–⁠37–⁠113David Cutcliffe163514.5
20027–⁠63–⁠5David Cutcliffe15275.4
Every season back to 1902 (99 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20017–⁠44–⁠4David Cutcliffe15505.6
20007–⁠54–⁠418David Cutcliffe15474.0
19998–⁠44–⁠422David Cutcliffe160312.7
19987–⁠53–⁠5Tommy Tuberville, David Cutcliffe1548-1.4
19978–⁠44–⁠422Tommy Tuberville155917.0
19965–⁠62–⁠6Tommy Tuberville1436-10.3
19956–⁠53–⁠5Tommy Tuberville1508-2.0
19944–⁠72–⁠6Joe Lee Dunn14874.6
19935–⁠63–⁠5Billy Brewer152510.8
19929–⁠35–⁠316Billy Brewer161510.5
19915–⁠61–⁠6Billy Brewer15071.4
19909–⁠35–⁠221Billy Brewer16020.3
19898–⁠44–⁠3Billy Brewer15477.8
19885–⁠63–⁠4Billy Brewer14651.4
19873–⁠81–⁠5Billy Brewer1425-8.7
19868–⁠3–⁠14–⁠2Billy Brewer15709.8
19854–⁠6–⁠12–⁠4Billy Brewer14650.8
19844–⁠6–⁠11–⁠5Billy Brewer14694.0
19836–⁠64–⁠2Billy Brewer1480-0.4
19824–⁠70–⁠6Steve Sloan14392.8
19814–⁠6–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1Steve Sloan1441-3.4
19803–⁠82–⁠5Steve Sloan14574.4
19794–⁠73–⁠3Steve Sloan14712.6
19785–⁠62–⁠4Steve Sloan1495-1.8
19775–⁠62–⁠5Ken Cooper150611.9
19765–⁠63–⁠4Ken Cooper15017.4
19756–⁠55–⁠1Ken Cooper155814.3
19743–⁠80–⁠6Ken Cooper14661.8
19736–⁠54–⁠3Billy Kinard, John Vaught158111.8
19725–⁠52–⁠516Billy Kinard159914.7
197110–⁠24–⁠215Billy Kinard166123.0
19707–⁠44–⁠2520John Vaught161014.3
19698–⁠34–⁠298John Vaught1695
19687–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1John Vaught1611
19676–⁠4–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1John Vaught1622
19668–⁠35–⁠2John Vaught1661
19657–⁠45–⁠3John Vaught1624
19645–⁠5–⁠12–⁠4–⁠11John Vaught1624
19637–⁠1–⁠25–⁠0–⁠127John Vaught1756
196210–⁠06–⁠063John Vaught1786
19619–⁠25–⁠195John Vaught1755
196010–⁠0–⁠15–⁠0–⁠122John Vaught1795
195910–⁠15–⁠182John Vaught1787
19589–⁠23–⁠2611John Vaught1709
19579–⁠1–⁠15–⁠0–⁠17John Vaught1723
19567–⁠34–⁠213John Vaught1646
195510–⁠15–⁠11510John Vaught1722
19549–⁠25–⁠0106John Vaught1690
19537–⁠2–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1John Vaught1656
19528–⁠1–⁠24–⁠0–⁠27John Vaught1671
19516–⁠3–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1John Vaught1583
19505–⁠51–⁠5John Vaught1522
19494–⁠5–⁠12–⁠4John Vaught1546
19488–⁠16–⁠11315John Vaught1693
19479–⁠26–⁠11813John Vaught1605
19462–⁠71–⁠6Red Drew1361
19454–⁠53–⁠3Harry Mehre1379
19442–⁠62–⁠3Harry Mehre1400
19422–⁠70–⁠5Harry Mehre1467
19416–⁠2–⁠12–⁠1–⁠117Harry Mehre1648
19409–⁠23–⁠113Harry Mehre1653
19397–⁠22–⁠217Harry Mehre1597
19389–⁠23–⁠2Harry Mehre1616
19374–⁠5–⁠10–⁠4Ed Walker1497
19365–⁠5–⁠20–⁠3–⁠1Ed Walker1536
19359–⁠33–⁠1Ed Walker1561
19344–⁠5–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Ed Walker1464
19336–⁠3–⁠22–⁠2–⁠1Ed Walker1488
19325–⁠62–⁠3Ed Walker1391
19312–⁠6–⁠11–⁠5Ed Walker1373
19303–⁠5–⁠11–⁠5Ed Walker1421
19291–⁠6–⁠20–⁠4–⁠2Homer Hazel1413
19285–⁠43–⁠3Homer Hazel1498
19275–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2Homer Hazel1499
19265–⁠42–⁠2Homer Hazel1442
19255–⁠50–⁠4Homer Hazel1431
19244–⁠50–⁠3Chester S. Barnard1356
19234–⁠60–⁠4Roland Cowell1336
19224–⁠5–⁠10–⁠2Roland Cowell1329
19213–⁠60–⁠3R.L. Sullivan1284
19200–⁠30–⁠2R.L. Sullivan1336
19194–⁠40–⁠4R.L. Sullivan1380
1918few games on file1–⁠30–⁠2Dudy Noble1339
19171–⁠4–⁠10–⁠3Dudy Noble1341
19163–⁠60–⁠4Fred Robbins1309
19152–⁠60–⁠4Fred Robbins1314
19145–⁠4–⁠12–⁠0William L. Driver1471
19136–⁠3–⁠1William L. Driver1505
19124–⁠31–⁠2Leo DeTray1516
19116–⁠31–⁠2N.P. Stauffer1534
19107–⁠13–⁠1N.P. Stauffer1552
19094–⁠3–⁠21–⁠3–⁠1N.P. Stauffer1414
19083–⁠50–⁠3Frank Kyle1329
19070–⁠60–⁠4Frank Mason1357
19064–⁠23–⁠1T.S. Hammond1513
1905few games on file0–⁠11432
19044–⁠3M.H. Harvey1463
1903few games on file0–⁠1M.H. Harvey1493
19024–⁠3Daniel S. Martin1524

Officially 706–⁠534–⁠34 since 1893 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 707–⁠539–⁠34 (+1 win, +5 losses). Our file starts in 1902; the program began in 1893. Official totals drop vacated and forfeited wins.

No season on file for 1943: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.