Georgia beat Ole Miss 42-7 at Vaught-Hemingway on Saturday, ending a 16-game home winning streak and leaving the Rebels 6-3 and 4-3 in the SEC. Georgia ran for 295 yards, gained 481 in all and threw four touchdowns on nine completions. It was 28-0 at halftime, and Ole Miss managed 66 rushing yards and gave up five sacks.
Locked On Ole Miss host Steven Willis said all three phases were beaten but that the defense should bother Ole Miss most, having been the problem all season. The same group held Auburn to 2.3 yards per carry and had cut its missed tackles from 14 to four, and Willis said it looked like September again.
Shekai Mills-Knight was the only Rebel who finished a drive, punching in an eight-yard touchdown and rushing for more than 50 yards. Pete Golding called him “a different dimension back” after a 35-yard touchdown against Vanderbilt, and led Ole Miss in rushing against Auburn. “The best running back on Ole Miss’s roster right now is the one playing like he wants the job,” Willis said. “Give it to him.”
Willis also questioned a 56-yard field-goal attempt while down seven in the first quarter, saying there is a difference between patient and passive. He argued the last three games are the cheapest evaluation window before the portal opens, citing Golding’s own remark about a December and January renegotiation cycle. Caleb Cunningham, who has the team’s best receiving grade on part-time snaps, should be turned loose.
Ole Miss plays at Oklahoma on Saturday, then Wofford at home and Mississippi State on Nov. 27. Willis said hosting a playoff game is gone, that winning out would leave the Rebels 9-3 with a real resume, and that 8-4 would make the season an abject failure.
Photo: Shekai Mills-Knight, November 7, 2026, at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images.
Adapted from the November 9, 2026 episode of Locked On Ole Miss, hosted by Steven Willis, part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Watch the full episode.