Good morning, Everydayers. We’re 19 days out from kickoff, and the picture is finally coming into focus: Ole Miss opens Sunday, Sept. 6 against Louisville at the inaugural Music City Kickoff in Nashville, and this week the rest of the country started catching up to what fall camp has been showing. The Rebels landed at No. 9 in the AP’s first poll, two of their stars made a national watch list, and the pads came on in Oxford. Let’s get into it. Hotty Toddy.
On the Latest Locked On Ole Miss
On yesterday’s show, the whole thing came back to one number: 9. Steven’s take is that being ranked correctly — not overhyped, not ignored — is the real milestone here, a sign this program has actually arrived. He walked through Pick 6 Previews’ unit-by-unit grades, where Ole Miss lands top-five in the SEC everywhere except the secondary, the lone soft spot that will decide the ceiling. Then he closed on the opener, warning that a Louisville team that once picked off Carson Beck four times is a much bigger Week 1 problem than its No. 24 ranking suggests.
Ole Miss Opens 2026 at No. 9 in the AP Preseason Poll
Mon., Aug. 17 · last 24 hours.
AP voters slotted the Rebels ninth to open the year — Ole Miss’s highest preseason perch since 1970 — on the strength of last season’s 13-2 semifinal run. It sets up a rare ranked-vs-ranked opener against No. 24 Louisville in Nashville and cements a program that spent years either overhyped or ignored as, simply, correctly rated. (Hotty Toddy)
Chambliss and Lacy Land on Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List
Mon., Aug. 17 · last 24 hours.
Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and running back Kewan Lacy both made the 50-man Walter Camp watch list, one of just nine programs nationally to place multiple players on it. The nod follows a 2025 that carried Ole Miss to the playoff semifinals and frames one of the sport’s best returning backfields as unfinished business heading into September. (The Rebel Walk)
Takeaways From Ole Miss’s First Week of Fall Camp Media
Sat., Aug. 15.
A week into camp under Pete Golding, the early read is a defense trending up — the exact unit that has to climb for this roster to reach its ceiling. With the opener three weeks out, veterans like Suntarine Perkins and Will Echoles anchor a front seven the staff expects to set the tone. (Yahoo Sports)
Stock Up, Stock Down: Four Rebels Trending After Week One
Fri., Aug. 14.
An early camp check-in has tackle Tommy Kinsler IV and receiver Johntay Cook II trending up, while fellow additions Carius Curne and Darrell Gill Jr. work to steady their footing. It’s a snapshot of the right-tackle race and the receiver rotation — two of the roster’s most-watched competitions before Louisville. (Ole Miss on SI)
Horatio Fields Is Turning Heads at Ole Miss Camp
Fri., Aug. 14.
The Auburn transfer has been one of camp’s early standouts, making contested catches and pushing for a starting job in a receiver room that lost most of last year’s production. At 6-2, 210, Fields profiles as a reliable target for Trinidad Chambliss as the Rebels rebuild the passing game around new faces. (Last Word on Sports)
Rebels Strap on Full Pads as Camp Intensifies
Wed., Aug. 12.
Ole Miss held its first full-contact practice of fall camp, with Caleb Odom, Terez Davis, Makhi Frazier and Horatio Fields meeting the media afterward. Pads coming on marks the shift from installation to evaluation — the point where the depth-chart battles across the offensive line and secondary begin to sort themselves out. (Ole Miss Athletics)
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