Greg McElroy breaks down why Ole Miss could win the SEC in 2024

It has been over 60 years since Ole Miss last won a conference championship in football. The hype around these Rebels, though, suggests that they could potentially be the ones to achieve that success again in the SEC.

Greg McElroy took a look at several teams, including Ole Miss, that could end conference title droughts during a recent episode of ‘Always College Football’. Of the 10 teams he considered, the Rebels were the one that had the longest stretch by far.

“This is a really long drought so bear with me,” McElroy prefaced. “61 years! 61 years since the Ole Miss Rebels have won a conference championship. 1963 was their last SEC crown.”

Again, Ole Miss has every reason to believe that that streak ends this season with where their program stands.

The Rebels are already coming off an all-time season in The ‘Sip at 11-2. They now bring back several pieces from that team. With that, they’ll combine them with 24 transfers that make up the No. 3 portal class at On3.

McElroy thinks it fair to doubt a few aspects about Ole Miss, especially in a conference that will require near flawlessness to accomplish this. Still, with what all they have on the roster, it’s very much on the table for them in 2024.

“If you look at what the Rebels have? Now, depth. If you want to have question marks about their depth, if you want to have question marks about the potential of an up and down performance? Fair enough. I have those question marks,” McElroy said. “But if you look at just known commodities across the board? And the influx of talent that Lane Kiffin has had in the transfer portal? Adding pivotal difference makers on the defensive front in Princely Umanmielen and Walter Nolen, adding Trey Amos in the secondary, adding quality depth at linebacker. Adding quality depth to their receiver corps that didn’t need help by adding Juice Wells from South Carolina.”

Ole Miss has over six decades worth of history to rewrite if they want to finally again be SEC Champions. With that said, McElroy very much believes that they can do it when you consider their team and how things lay out for them this fall.

“Could this be the year that Ole Miss wins the conference crown for the first time since the mid-1960s? I think it very well could come to fruition,” McElroy thought. “It could, especially when you look at their schedule and how things potentially settle out.”