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Ole Miss

University of Mississippi · 2026 · SEC

Efficiency
+12.2
25th FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
12th
proj. of 16
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Ole Miss is 2-0 and ranked 25th in overall efficiency. Their 19th-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 38th-ranked defense. They pass the ball on 51% of offensive plays with a 31st-ranked passing attack and run the ball on the remaining 49% of plays with a 24th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
+6 left
Q2
1-0
+3 left
Q3
0-0
Q4
1-0
+1 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.8 wins
Strength of Record
11th
+0.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
72nd
full season
5th
AP poll
#8
FanBoardHQ has them 17 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
2nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.8 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs LouisvilleACC#48W 4138+6.4100%9.0Q2
2vs CharlotteAmerican Athletic#137W 419+40.2100%9.6Q4
3vs LSUSEC#13Preview-2.843%Q1
4@ FloridaSEC#12Preview-8.431%Q1
6@ VanderbiltSEC#34Preview+0.952%Q2
7vs MissouriSEC#21Preview+1.654%Q2
8@ TexasSEC#3Preview-14.719%Q1
9vs AuburnSEC#23Preview+1.955%Q2
10vs GeorgiaSEC#9Preview-4.140%Q1
11@ OklahomaSEC#15Preview-7.433%Q1
12vs WoffordSouthernPreview+40.999%Q4
13vs Mississippi StateSEC#18Preview-0.349%Q1

2 played · 2-0. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Ole Miss, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

+1.3+8.1+14.8910Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 31st
SR 28thYPP 33rdEPA 39th
RushingEff 24th
SR 15thYPP 58thEPA 19th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 108th
SR 113thYPP 89thEPA 112th
Rush defenseEff 42nd
SR 33rdYPP 49thEPA 42nd
Dropback rate 51%Tempo +2.3 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 79th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 54%1st · Defense allowed: 43%1st2nd · Offense: 60%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 36%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 39%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 7.0Q1 · Allowed: 3.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 30.0Q2 · Allowed: 3.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 14.0Q3 · Allowed: 23.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 31.0Q4 · Allowed: 17.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Ole Miss Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 19th
+8.6
Field position: +0.6Finishing drives: +8.0
Field position +0.6Finishing drives +8.0= +8.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 42nd · Finishing 18th

Defensive EffRanked 38th
+4.3
Field position: -0.5Finishing drives: +4.7
Field position -0.5Finishing drives +4.7= +4.3
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 93rd · Finishing 30th

3.26 points per drive on offense, 1.43 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(34)53% / 47%56%6.6
Q2(38)50% / 50%50%4.9
Q3(23)57% / 43%52%9.4
Q4(40)55% / 45%55%7.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(40)10.360%9.3
2nd(19)7.858%12.0
3rd(13)8.015%1.6
4th(0)
All (72)51%8.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(25)9.644%3.4
2nd(29)6.162%6.5
3rd(8)3.163%2.1
4th(1)1.0100%1.0
All (63)56%4.6

Ole Miss, all games.