And that's what Ole Miss did in 2024, despite not reaching the College Football Playoff. The Rebels finished with their third 10-plus-win season in the last four years, claiming a blowout victory in the Gator Bowl over Duke to cap off the campaign. And the calling card for most of the year was defense.

On Tuesday, ESPN released a countdown of the "100 best" college football games of the 2024 season, and two Ole Miss games made the cut, both of which were losses. Coming in at No. 41 on the list was Ole Miss' overtime loss to LSU in Week 7, and at No. 32 was the Rebels' late-season loss to Florida that essentially knocked them out of the CFP race.

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There's no lack of storylines when No. 23 Ole Miss faces dangerous but unranked Texas on Wednesday in a Southeastern Conference contest in Oxford, Miss.

The Ole Miss Rebels (15-5, 4-3 SEC) will attempt to turn around a three-game losing streak when they host the Texas Longhorns (14-6, 3-4 SEC) on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at The Sandy and John

BOTTOM LINE: Texas plays No. 23 Ole Miss after Tre Johnson scored 30 points in Texas' 70-69 win over the Texas A&M Aggies. The Rebels are 9-1 on their home court. Ole Miss is 14-5 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 9.1 turnovers per game.

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State basketball's lead over Ole Miss fluctuated wildly, but it remained enough in the end. The No. 18 Bulldogs beat the No. 21 Rebels 84-81 on Saturday in overtime.

The No. 22 Missouri Tigers face off with the No. 16 Ole Miss Rebels in men's basketball action on Saturday, Jan. 25.

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