Good morning, Everydayers. Ole Miss is No. 7 in the AP poll, five of the top seven teams in the country lost on the same Saturday, and Texas week starts now.
☕ Morning Coffee
“If this Ole Miss defense plays like that every single week, this Rebels team is not going to lose another game.”
That is how Steven opened today’s LOOM Flagship, and the tape from Saturday backs him up. Missouri came to Oxford ranked No. 13, averaging 35.8 points a game, and left with one field goal. Three things we learned from 31-3:
- The defense. Missouri ran for 29 yards in the first half and 39 in the game, 1.5 a carry, a season low. It is the second time in a decade Ole Miss has held an SEC opponent to three points or fewer. Pete Golding: “Anytime you hold a team like Missouri to 39 rushing yards, you have a shot.”
- The backs. Kewan Lacy ran for 122 yards on 16 carries and Makhi Frazier for a career-high 101 on 15, the first pair of 100-yard Rebels since Arkansas in 2022. Ole Miss ran for 257 yards at 6.7 a carry against a defense that came in allowing 78.3 a game.
- The quarterback’s off day. Trinidad Chambliss went 20 of 36 and said so himself: “The accuracy wasn’t there for some of my throws.” He still threw three touchdown passes, ran for a fourth, and tied Matt Corral for second in school history with a touchdown pass in 19 straight games. Steven: “His off day was a 28-point win.”
🏈 The Numbers
| Ole Miss | Missouri | |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 31 | 3 |
| Rushing yards | 257 | 39 |
| Yards per carry | 6.7 | 1.5 |
| Red zone | 5 for 5 (all scores) | — |
- 15 straight home wins, the second-longest active streak in FBS
- 19 straight games with a touchdown pass for Chambliss, tied with Matt Corral behind Chad Kelly’s 22
- 5-2 for Pete Golding against ranked opponents
- 1974: the last time Ole Miss had beaten Missouri before Saturday
🏆 In the Polls
| Team | AP (Oct. 18) |
|---|---|
| Ole Miss | No. 7 (up from No. 9) |
| Texas | No. 19 |
| Missouri | No. 22 |
The top six: Miami, BYU, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Georgia and Indiana. Four of those six lost a game this season, and three of them lost on Saturday.
🌪️ Could Ole Miss Win It All?
Georgia lost at home to Auburn. Notre Dame lost at BYU. Indiana lost at home to Ohio State. Alabama lost at Tennessee. Texas lost at home to Florida. That is five of last week’s top seven on one Saturday, and nobody in the SEC is unbeaten anymore.
Steven’s answer to today’s question, would it surprise you if Ole Miss won everything: “No, not after Saturday.” Ole Miss is 5-1 and 3-1 in the league, and Texas, Auburn and Georgia are all still on its own schedule. “What if I told you that was a warm-up act,” he said of last season’s playoff run, “and it all comes down to what happens this weekend at Texas?”
📈 The Line
Per FanDuel, as of Sunday morning, Oct. 18: Texas -3.5, total 55.5. Texas has lost two straight and is still favored at home.
Steven’s read on what that means: the market sees Ole Miss as good, not great, and the next three weeks decide which it is. That is the difference between a January game in Oxford and a January game on an airplane.
The show reads the market. It does not make picks.
🎤 What They Said
When you stop the run, you can have fun.
Pete Golding, on the Missouri defense
Golding’s postgame, Chambliss on his own accuracy, Lacy on a little extra motivation against the school he left, and Will Echoles on the defense: all four are on the Hub.
- Pete Golding after holding Missouri to 39 rushing yards
- Trinidad Chambliss after four touchdowns: “The accuracy wasn’t there”
- Kewan Lacy ran for 122 against the school he left
- Will Echoles explains “Stop the run, have fun”
🔮 Next: at Texas
| Matchup | No. 7 Ole Miss (5-1, 3-1 SEC) at No. 19 Texas (4-2, 1-2 SEC) |
| Kickoff | Saturday, Oct. 24 · 6:30 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. ET |
| Where | DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin |
| TV | ABC |
Five days to Texas. Twelve to Auburn.
📻 The Weekend on Locked On Ole Miss
| Saturday | Michael Katz of the Daily Journal · the game-day slate with Locked On Bets · the pregame show LIVE with Mike Huesmann · the postgame reaction LIVE: “Statement made” |
| Sunday | The Sunday Reaction LIVE: is Ole Miss a top 5 team? Two segments of your comments · Locked On Player of the Game: Luke Ferrelli |
| On the Hub | Postgame articles on Golding, Chambliss, Lacy and Echoles · the Snap Count Depth Chart |
| Today | LOOM Flagship: what we learned from 31-3, could Ole Miss win it all, and the SEC Week 8 lines |
🔗 Five Clicks
1. No. 9 Ole Miss rolls No. 13 Mizzou (WREG)
The Memphis view of Saturday in Oxford.
2. SEC Week 8 kickoff times (Saturday Down South)
Ole Miss at Texas, 6:30 p.m. CT on ABC, and the rest of the slate.
3. Ranking the top running backs (ESPN)
Where Kewan Lacy stands nationally after his best day of the season.
4. The Heisman watch (Sportsnaut)
Where Trinidad Chambliss sat entering October, before a four-touchdown homecoming.
5. Ole Miss jumps in the 2027 rankings (Sports Illustrated)
The recruiting side of a good month. On3 is our source of truth on the numbers.
💬 Join the Everydayers
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Texas week. Hotty Toddy. 🦈
