Ole Miss — SEC
HC
Pete Golding · Vaught-Hemingway Stadium · Oxford, MS · 64,038 cap
PPA off / def
0.31 / 0.11
2025
Class rank
#22
class of 2026
Returning PPA
50%
returning production
2026 schedule
| Wk | Opponent | All-time series | Venue |
|---|
| wk1 | N Louisville | leads 1–0 | Nissan Stadium |
| wk2 | vs Charlotte | | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium |
| wk3 | vs LSU | LSU leads 63–41–4 | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium |
| wk4 | at Florida | leads 13–12–1 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium |
| wk6 | at Vanderbilt | leads 55–37–2 · W5 | FirstBank Stadium |
| wk7 | vs Missouri | Missouri leads 7–1 · L6 | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium |
| wk8 | at Texas | Texas leads 6–2 | DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium |
| wk9 | vs Auburn | Auburn leads 35–13 · W2 | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium |
| wk10 | vs Georgia | Georgia leads 33–15–1 | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium |
| wk11 | at Oklahoma | leads 3–0 · W3 | Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) |
| wk12 | vs Wofford | leads 1–0 | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium |
| wk13 | vs Mississippi State | leads 67–46–5 · W3 | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium |
2025 results (13–2)
Statistical comps — 2025 Ole Miss's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (28 in / 27 out)
| Outgoing |
|---|
| Princewill Umanmielen | EDGE | → LSU |
| Austin Simmons | QB | → Missouri |
| Da'Shawn Womack | EDGE | → Auburn |
| Devin Harper | IOL | → LSU |
| TJ Dottery | LB | → LSU |
| Winston Watkins | WR | → LSU |
| Cayden Lee | WR | → Missouri |
| Chris Graves Jr. | CB | → Missouri |
| + 19 more |
Origins
Vaught won six SEC titles and claims to three national ones in the 1950s and 60s, while the campus became a battleground of integration in 1962. Archie Manning made the number 18 a speed limit in Oxford.
Founded 1848 · Founded to educate the sons of the planter class · first football 1893 · defined by Johnny Vaught
All-time record
All-time
702–538–34
1902–2025
Win %
56.4%
123 seasons played
Winning seasons
65
53% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 2 | SEC |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 | SEC |
| 1962 | 10 | 0 | SEC |
| 1960 | 10 | 0 | SEC |
| 1959 | 10 | 1 | SEC |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1902 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 459 | 51% |
47% | 20 of 136 | 6.7 | 14% |
| 2nd down | 323 | 52% |
50% | 6 of 136 | 7.1 | 14% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 56 | 75% |
55% | — | 3.2 | 7% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 63 | 33% |
40% | — | 5.1 | 6% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 58 | 29% |
31% | — | 7.3 | 17% |
| 4th down | 28 | 43% |
68% | — | 8.8 | 25% |
176 drives · 53% ended in points · 7.6 plays and 53.0 yards per drive · 1.91 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 14 | Mississippi State |
(10:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 T.Chambliss pass complete deep left to #11 D.Alexander caught… |
88 | 7.02 |
| 8 | Georgia |
Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to De'Zhaun Stribling for 75 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro… |
75 | 6.78 |
| 3 | Arkansas |
Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 64 yds to the ARK 1 for a 1ST down |
64 | 5.92 |
| CFP | Miami |
No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Lacy rush middle for 73 yards gain to the MIA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14… |
73 | 5.86 |
| 2 | Kentucky |
Austin Simmons pass complete to Harrison Wallace III for 55 yds to the UK 1 for a 1ST down |
55 | 5.37 |
| 12 | Florida |
(09:49) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 T.Chambliss pass complete short middle to #1 D.Stribling caug… |
43 | 5.35 |
| 12 | Florida |
End of 3rd quarter. |
59 | 5.26 |
| 12 | Florida |
(00:09) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Lacy rush middle for 59 yards gain to the UF01 (#0 S.Denson… |
59 | 5.26 |