The Rebels (8-3) suffered a devastating loss last week to unranked Florida that pushed them to No. 14 in the Week 14 rankings. Ole Miss needs some help to reach the 12-team field while they taking on rival Mississippi State (2-9) in the Egg Bowl on Friday.

CBS Sports’ Shehan Jeyarajah called Ole Miss’s 2024 season a failure after the Rebels lost to Florida and Kentucky and didn’t make the College Football Playoff with a “manageable schedule.” “The Rebels invested a tremendous amount of money into their roster in hopes of competing with the best.

In the latest College Football Playoff Rankings released on Tuesday night, Ole Miss fell to No. 14, a drop of five spots from last week's mark of No. 9. That puts the Rebels in a difficult position in terms of reaching the playoff with one regular season game left to play followed by conference championship week.