Ole Miss football is two wins away from winning the national championship. The No. 6 seed Rebels (13-1) are facing No. 10 Miami (12-2) in the College Football Playoff semifinals on Jan. 8 (6:30 p.m. CT, ESPN) at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. The winner will play either Indiana or Oregon in the national championship on Jan. 19 in Miami.

Georgia beat Ole Miss on Oct. 18, 43-35, in Athens, Georgia. That is the Rebels’ lone loss of the season. Mississippi State travels to Charlotte, North Carolina, to play Wake Forest in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CT on Jan. 2. The game airs on ESPN.

Very few fans, pundits, or punters indeed predicted that Miami would face Ole Miss in the final four of the College Football Playoff, but we should have been prepared for this possibility, given what this sport has become in this modern era.

Ole Miss just pulled off one of the biggest retention wins when running back Kewan Lacy signed a deal to return for another year in Oxford. Lacy made his decision official just days before Ole Miss faces Miami in the Fiesta Bowl semifinal.

Mississippi State and Ole Miss will face off in the annual Egg Bowl rivalry game. A win for Mississippi State would secure bowl eligibility for the first time since 2022. The Bulldogs' run defense has struggled recently and will face Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy.

Just 4 days before playing the Miami Hurricanes in the CFP semifinals, Ole Miss learned one of its coaches was taking another job.

Michigan State was led by its star, Grace VanSlooten, who had a huge 16-point, 10-rebound double-double. She also added 3 assists, two blocks, and a steal to go with it. Isaline Alexander also added 14 points and six rebounds, and Rashunda Jones was the Spartans' other double-digit scorer, contributing 13 points in the win.

And there goes Kewan Lacy once again flipping the script. Just when the Ole Miss fans were starting to feel the pressure after Miami ousted the Rebs with consecutive three-and-outs in the first quarter,