Ole Miss, UConn mutually scrap home-and-home amid future scheduling shift
Ole Miss and UConn have mutually agreed to cancel their home-and-home series starting in 2027.
The Huskies announced the news in a release on Thursday. Sources indicate the Rebels were looking to get out of the series as well as they try to best fill out future schedules of an every-year College Football Playoff contender.
Ole Miss was originally scheduled to head to Connecticut on September 11, 2027. The Huskies were going to follow with a trip to Oxford on November 18, 2028. They’ve already substituted Duke for the Rebels, while Ole Miss is considering multiple options but hasn’t settled on a replacement yet.
Ole Miss now has two scheduled non-conference opponents in 2027 (Charlotte and Oregon State) and two in 2028 (South Alabama and Alcorn State). The Rebels last season won 10 games for the third in four years.
They’re receiving the ninth-best odds to reach the College Football Playoff in 2025-26. They have the eighth-best odds to win the national championship.
“I’m not sure they’re falling off,” On3 national analyst Andy Staples said Tuesday. “If we look at their transfer portal class, Ole Miss got a lot of the dudes that a lot of people wanted in the portal.
“Luke Hasz, the tight end from Arkansas, was one we thought would be a difference-maker. They got De’Zhaun Stribling, who was Oklahoma State’s best receiver last year [and] Kewan Lacy, the running back from Missouri. They got Princely’s brother, Princewill (Umanmielen), who came from Nebraska.
“We’ve assumed Ole Miss drops off here. I don’t know if we should assume that.”
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The ESPN FPI gives Ole Miss 30.7 percent odds to make the playoffs.
Kickoff times for next season have already been released. The Rebels open against Georgia State on August 30 at 6:45 p.m. SEC Network has the broadcast, as it does for at least four other games.
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ABC is carrying Ole Miss’ revenge effort at Kentucky on September 6 at 2:30 p.m. CT. Arkansas in Oxford will be at either 6 p.m. CT or 6:45 p.m. CT on ESPN or the SEC Network. Ole Miss hosts Tulane on September 20 in either the afternoon (2:30-3:30 p.m.) or night (5-7 p.m.). The annual Magnolia Bowl against LSU (September 27) will take place in the flex window (2:30-3:30 p.m. or 5-7 p.m). However, it’s TBA as far as TV.
The bye week is followed by the first-ever game against Washington State (October 11) at 11:45 a.m. on SEC Network. Ole Miss at Georgia (October 18) is in the flex window (2:30-3:30 p.m. or 5-7 p.m.).
Ole Miss is at Oklahoma on October 25. The Rebels’ first-ever trip to Norman will kick off early (11 a.m./Noon). South Carolina comes to town November 1 in the flex window (2:30-3:30 p.m. OR 5-7 p.m). The Rebels welcome The Citadel November 8 on ESPN+/SECN+.
Florida rolls into Oxford for just the third time in 20 years on November 15 and in the flex window (2:30-3:30 p.m. or 5-7 p.m.). The Gators upset the Rebels in the Swamp last fall, costing Ole Miss a CFP berth.
Ole Miss wraps the 2025-26 regular season — as the Rebels always do — with in-state rival Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl. Kickoff is 11 a.m. CT on ABC or ESPN.
