Ole Miss football's easiest and toughest games in 2022 according to ESPN
The 2022 college football season is less than 60 days away and Ole Miss is roughly four weeks away from starting fall camp. With football right around the corner the prediction makers are out in force already prognosticating how things are going to go between September and January.
ESPN’s Football Power Index has graded out Ole Miss’ entire 2022 season and sees the Rebels finishing 8-4.
Ole Miss has a very favorable start to the season with all four non-conference games in September and then starting SEC play against Kentucky and Vanderbilt. The FPI also agrees Ole Miss could become bowl eligible by Oct. 8, being favored in the first seven games of the season.
A 3-0 start to SEC play would put Ole Miss at 7-0 overall after a win against Auburn.
Then the final five games see the odds not in the Rebels favor according to the FPI.
Of the final five games Ole Miss’ schedule they are favored in only one of them – the 2022 Egg Bowl against Mississippi State. Ole Miss has a 63.3 percent chance of beating the Bulldogs in Oxford come Thanksgiving night.
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If the FPI is correct then Ole Miss will close out the season on a 1-4 skid with losses to LSU, Alabama, Texas A&M and Arkansas. The closest matchup of those is at Arkansas with it nearly being a 50-50 split. The Razorbacks have a 50.3 chance to come away with the win in Fayetteville.
The easiest game on Ole Miss’ slate according to the FPI is the Sept. 10 game against Central Arkansas. Ole Miss has a 98.5 percent chance to beat the Bears.
To the shock of absolutely nobody Ole Miss’ toughest game, according to the FPI, is against Alabama. The Nov. 12 showdown of SEC West contenders is favored to go the Crimson Tide’s way with a 82.5 percent chance of victory.
Below is Ole Miss’ full schedule with the FPI percentages:
Sept. 3 – Troy (11.1 %) vs. Ole Miss (88.9 %)
Sept. 10 – Central Arkansas (1.5) vs. Ole Miss (98.5)
Sept. 17 – Ole Miss (77.3) at Georgia Tech (22.7)
Sept. 24 – Tulsa (7.6) vs. Ole Miss (92.4)
Oct. 1 – Kentucky (40.1) vs. Ole Miss (59.9)
Oct. 8 – Ole Miss (89.6) at Vanderbilt (10.4)
Oct. 15 – Auburn (45.4) vs. Ole Miss (54.6)
Oct. 22 – Ole Miss (37) at LSU (63)
Oct. 29 – Ole Miss (39.2) at Texas A&M (60.8)
Nov. 12 – Alabama (82.5) vs. Ole Miss (17.5)
Nov. 19 – Ole Miss (49.7) at Arkansas (50.3)
Nov. 24 – Mississippi State (36.7) vs. Ole Miss 63.3)
