The Ole Miss Rebels hold some of the top odds to win the upcoming College Football Playoff.
have the Rebels sixth among betting favorites to win the national championship in the 2024 season, and while that doesn't make them the most likely candidate, it does mean that their preseason hype seems legitimate.Five of the eight betting favorites reside within the Southeastern Conference, including the top favorite in Georgia and the No. 3 candidate in Texas. Ole Miss will face two of these teams in its regular season in 2024, traveling to Baton Rouge to face LSU on Oct.
Last season, the Rebels won a thriller over LSU at home by a final score of 55-49. Ole Miss rallied from behind to claim a late lead and kept the Tigers out of the end zone as quarterback Jayden Daniels threw an incomplete pass downfield as time expired. The game against Georgia in 2023, however, was a different story for Ole Miss as it was squashed in Athens by a final score of 52-17, one of two losses the Rebels suffered all season.
Ole Miss will begin its quest for the College Football Playoff on Aug. 31 when it plays host to the FCS Furman Paladins. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. CT, and the game will be televised on SEC Network+.John Macon Gillespie is the publisher of The Grove Report and has experience on the Ole Miss beat spanning five years.
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