Ole Miss first has ‘new challenge’ in Auburn, but Rebels now know when they’ll kick off against Vanderbilt
Ole Miss football’s home game against Vanderbilt on October 28 will kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT on SEC Network, the league office announced Monday.
Next Saturday will mark the 98th all-time meeting between Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. The Rebels hold a 53-40-2 series lead, with the original record being 55-40-2 before vacated wins.
This week, No. 12 Ole Miss (5-1, 2-1 SEC) hits the road to take on Auburn (3-3, 0-3 SEC).
“New challenge to go win on the road there,” Rebel head coach Lane Kiffin said Monday. “I think, as a program, we’ve won there once in 20 years. They’re a very different team at home.”
Ole Miss was off last week. Auburn was blown out, 48-18, at LSU.
Kickoff between the Rebels and Tigers inside Jordan-Hare Stadium is set for 6 p.m. CT and live on ESPN. Ole Miss — which moved up one spot, to No. 12, in the latest AP Top 25 poll — is currently third in the SEC West. Auburn is fifth.
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“Give credit to the job Lane has done there,” Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze said Monday. Freeze served as Rebel head coach from 2012-16. “He’s built it back into a competitive, Top 25 program.”
Most of the recent bowl projections for Ole Miss have the Rebels spending their postseason playing in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day. However, ESPN’s Mark Schlabach has the Rebels in the ReliaQuest against Duke, while Athlon is currently forecasting the Gator Bowl against Miami (Fla.).
“I haven’t been around him that much,” Kiffin said of Freeze. “My brother (Chris, former Ole Miss DL coach under Freeze), when he coached here, really appreciate how he treated my brother. I’ve had nothing but good interactions my few times with him.”
