2007 Ole Miss

3–⁠9 (0–⁠8 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ed Orgeron. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Louisiana Tech 24–⁠0Oct 6
By 24 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 1	atMemphis	W 23–⁠21	43%
Sep 8	vsMissouri	L 25–⁠38	41%
Sep 15	atVanderbilt	L 17–⁠31	42%
Sep 22	vs3Florida	L 24–⁠30	17%
Sep 29	at15Georgia	L 17–⁠45	15%
Oct 6	vsLouisiana Tech	W 24–⁠0	59%
Oct 13	vsAlabama	L 24–⁠27	38%
Oct 20	vsArkansas	L 8–⁠44	35%
Oct 27	at23Auburn	L 3–⁠17	14%
Nov 3	vsNorthwestern State	W 38–⁠31	78%
Nov 17	vs1LSU	L 24–⁠41	13%
Nov 23	atMississippi State	L 14–⁠17	25%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 112th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record: 3–⁠9
Conference: 0–⁠8 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final: Unranked
Points: 241–⁠342
Coach: Ed Orgeron
Elo: 1365 −66 this season
SP+ rating: -2.7 No. 72 of 120; offense No. 62, defense No. 68, special teams No. 110
SRS: −4.3 No. 75 of 119 in FBS
Recruiting class: No. 17

Offensive coordinator: Dan Werner
Defensive coordinator: John Thompson
Offense: Spread
Defense: Multiple

How good, play by play

Offense71st of 119
Defense82nd of 119

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		0.02	40%	0.95	71st of 119
Defense		0.07	46%	0.87	82nd of 119

How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

	Points per trip inside the 40	Average start	Havoc
Offense		0.0	own 28	4% allowed
Defense		-0.1	own 35	1% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2007 class

Chris Strong SDE	★★★★	No. 60
Ted Laurent DT	★★★★	No. 125
Roderick Davis WR	★★★★	No. 129
Marshall Williams OLB	★★★	No. 755
Alex Washington OG	★★★	No. 768

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2007 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Receivers	1	4.0	0.935
Offensive line	2	3.0	0.838
Defensive line	4	3.3	0.873
Linebackers	2	2.5	0.817
Defensive backs	2	2.5	0.814
Whole class	11	3.0	0.852

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Michael OherOTAP-1; Coaches-1
Greg HardyDEAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

Peria JerryDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 2007 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2007 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
LSU	6–⁠2	12–⁠2	1
Georgia	6–⁠2	11–⁠2	2
Tennessee	6–⁠2	10–⁠4	12
Florida	5–⁠3	9–⁠4	13
Auburn	5–⁠3	9–⁠4	15
Arkansas	4–⁠4	8–⁠5
Mississippi State	4–⁠4	8–⁠5
Alabama	4–⁠4	7–⁠6
Kentucky	3–⁠5	8–⁠5
South Carolina	3–⁠5	6–⁠6
Vanderbilt	2–⁠6	5–⁠7
Ole Miss	0–⁠8	3–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.