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2012 Ole Miss

7–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Hugh Freeze. Officially 0–⁠6: the NCAA vacated six regular-season wins and the 2013 BBVA Compass Bowl win.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “On February 11, 2019, Ole Miss announced the vacation of all wins in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2016.”

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 2012, game by game: won vs. Central Arkansas 49–27; won vs. UTEP 28–10; lost vs. No. 14 Texas 31–66; won at Tulane 39–0; lost at No. 1 Alabama 14–33; lost vs. Texas A&M 27–30; won vs. Auburn 41–20; won at Arkansas 30–27; lost at No. 7 Georgia 10–37; lost vs. Vanderbilt 26–27; lost at No. 8 LSU 35–41; won vs. No. 25 Mississippi State 41–24; won vs. Pittsburgh 38–17+39−35Won 49–27 vs. Central Arkansas+22Central ArkansasWon 28–10 vs. UTEP+18UTEPLost 31–66 vs. No. 14 Texas-35No. 14 TexasWon 39–0 at Tulane+39TulaneLost 14–33 at No. 1 Alabama-19No. 1 AlabamaLost 27–30 vs. Texas A&M-3Texas A&MWon 41–20 vs. Auburn+21AuburnWon 30–27 at Arkansas+3ArkansasLost 10–37 at No. 7 Georgia-27No. 7 GeorgiaLost 26–27 vs. Vanderbilt-1VanderbiltLost 35–41 at No. 8 LSU-6No. 8 LSUWon 41–24 vs. No. 25 Mississippi State+17No. 25 Mississippi Sta…Won 38–17 vs. Pittsburgh+21Pittsburgh
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsCentral ArkansasW 49–⁠27vacated62%
Sep 8vsUTEPW 28–⁠10vacated60%
Sep 15vs14TexasL 31–⁠6640%
Sep 22atTulaneW 39–⁠0vacated62%
Sep 29at1AlabamaL 14–⁠339%
Oct 6vsTexas A&ML 27–⁠3032%
Oct 13vsAuburnW 41–⁠20vacated48%
Oct 27atArkansasW 30–⁠27vacated26%
Nov 3at7GeorgiaL 10–⁠3719%
Nov 10vsVanderbiltL 26–⁠2753%
Nov 17at8LSUL 35–⁠4113%
Nov 24vs25Mississippi StateW 41–⁠24vacated38%
Jan 5Bowls & playoffvsPittsburghBBVA Compass BowlW 38–⁠17vacated42%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Pittsburgh 38–⁠17 in the BBVA Compass Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
7–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
409–⁠359
Coach
Hugh Freeze
Elo
1553 +137 this season
SP+ rating
14.2 No. 26 of 124; offense No. 21, defense No. 39, special teams No. 58
SRS
8.9 No. 27 of 124 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 48
Offensive coordinators
Matt Luke and Dan Werner
Defensive coordinators
Dave Wommack and Wesley McGriff
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense49th of 124
  • Defense38th of 124
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted43rd of 124
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted25th of 124
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.0743%0.9049th of 124
Defense0.0342%0.8738th of 124
Opponent-adjusted0.08 off
0.02 def		44% off
41% def		—43rd off
25th def
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. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.3own 282% allowed
Defense0.1own 312% 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.

Leaders

Passing yardsBo Wallace QB2,994 yds
Passing touchdownsBo Wallace QB22 TD
Rushing yardsJeff Scott RB846 yds
Rushing touchdownsBo Wallace QB8 TD
Receiving yardsDonte Moncrief WR979 yds
Receiving touchdownsDonte Moncrief WR10 TD
InterceptionsDehendret Collins DB3 INT

Top recruits in the 2012 class

Channing Ward WDE★★★★★No. 35
I’Tavius Mathers RB★★★★No. 333
Isaac Gross SDE★★★★No. 340
Trae Elston S★★★No. 458
Anthony Standifer CB★★★No. 482

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

The 2012 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs43.00.852
Receivers22.50.788
Offensive line23.00.841
Defensive line24.50.940
Linebackers13.00.851
Defensive backs23.00.881
Athletes and specialists12.00.700
Whole class143.10.847

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.

Roster 118

The 2012 roster

118 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2012 line; 33 have a stat line. See the roster

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2012 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2012 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠113–⁠11
Georgia7–⁠112–⁠25
Florida7–⁠111–⁠29
South Carolina6–⁠211–⁠28
Texas A&M6–⁠211–⁠25
LSU6–⁠210–⁠314
Vanderbilt5–⁠39–⁠423
Mississippi State4–⁠48–⁠5
Ole Miss3–⁠57–⁠6
Missouri2–⁠65–⁠7
Arkansas2–⁠64–⁠8
Tennessee1–⁠75–⁠7
Auburn0–⁠83–⁠9
Kentucky0–⁠82–⁠10

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