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Ole Miss heavily favored in Egg Bowl as four games make Circa Sports 'Games of the Year' list

11by:Jake Thompson•06/17/24•

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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin watches during the first half against the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports

The 2024 college football season kicks off in 75 days for Ole Miss and the countdown to one of the program’s most anticipated seasons in recent memory rolls on.

With just over two months before the games begin to be played the experts in Las Vegas are rolling out more early odds for many key games of Southeastern Conference teams. Over the weekend Circa Sports released its list of what it considered ‘Games of the Year’ and early lines for each of them.

Making the list of 66 games was a third of Ole Miss’ schedule and all four can easily be considered as games that could make or break its season. The four games that made the list are at LSU and home games against Oklahoma, Georgia and the Egg Bowl against Mississippi State.

Splitting right down the middle the Rebels are favored in two of them and underdogs in the other two.

Starting with the road trip to Baton Rouge on October 12 Ole Miss is an underdog to LSU with the Tigers favored by the traditional home team three-point spread. The game at Tiger Stadium will be the second SEC road game of the season for the Rebels and the second in as many weeks, coming off a game at South Carolina the Saturday prior.

The game at LSU is also the Saturday before the first of two bye weeks in the closing seven weeks of the regular season.

Coming off that first bye week Ole Miss welcomes SEC newcomer Oklahoma to Oxford. Circa Sports likes the Rebels odds inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, making them a five-point favorite over the Sooners.

After a trip to Fayetteville for an 11 a.m. kickoff at Arkansas, Ole Miss returns home for the rematch with Georgia and a chance to avenge last November’s 52-17 defeat in Athens. Currently the Bulldogs are still the favorite in most sports books and Circa Sports continues the trend, making the Rebels a seven-point home underdog.

Rounding out the four games is this year’s edition of The Egg Bowl, now moved off Thanksgiving night and now on Black Friday (November 29) at 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC. Circa really likes the Rebels chances in the regular season finale, making them a 19-point favorite over their in-state rival.

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