Lane Kiffin reacts with 'anger' at Ole Miss spot in penultimate College Football Playoff rankings

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is livid after seeing the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday evening. His Rebels came in at No. 13 behind both Miami and Alabama, likely sealing their postseason fate.

None of those three teams will play for a conference championship this weekend, so it would be reasonable to predict that they cannot jump ahead of each other in the final rankings. Kiffin took to social media, where he simply posted an ESPN article about which teams should be most angry with the CFP rankings. Ole Miss was No. 2 on the list.

CFP Anger Index: Who should be most angry in Week 15? – via @ESPN App https://t.co/AkEWcIVvJ1

— Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) December 4, 2024

This isn’t the first time that Lane Kiffin has taken a shot at the College Football Playoff committee. The Rebels coach was also vocal in his opinion that his team should be ranked ahead of the Crimson Tide leading up to the release of the rankings.

Kiffin previously made a post on X that used point differential against common opponents as an argument for why Ole Miss should get in over Alabama. He even tagged the official CFP account in that post, but clearly to no avail.

Strength of schedule and a couple of bad losses are likely what factored into the decision to put Ole Miss behind Alabama. The Rebels fell against a Kentucky team that didn’t even make a bowl game and an LSU team that will end the regular season unranked.

Not only that, but they also have just the No. 31 strength of schedule compared to No. 17 for the Crimson Tide according to ESPN.

Ole Miss and Alabama both beat South Carolina, the other three-loss SEC team with a shot at an at-large bid, during the regular season. However, the Rebels handled the Gamecocks easily while the Crimson Tide eked out a two-point win.

The ESPN article that Kiffin posted also goes on to argue that the strength of schedule difference isn’t as wide as some are making it seem. Similarly, it attempts to say that Alabama’s losses were just as bad as the game that Ole Miss dropped.

It’s certainly close, and Kiffin has a right to feel his team was snubbed.