The University of Mississippi is the http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings">highest ranked two-loss team in the nation in both polls. The team is No. 12 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll and No. 13 in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll.
Florida State, ranked No. 14 in the AP and No. 16 in the Coaches, is the next two-loss team in the rankings. The University of Oklahoma, the third best two-loss team, is ranked No. 19 in the AP and No. 20 in Coaches.
The Rebels’ road opponent this weekend, the University of Arkansas, is the last two-loss team ranked in both polls. The Razorbacks are ranked No. 22 in both the AP and Coaches polls.
Just like the Rebels, Arkansas boasts http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/8">two quality losses, with defeats to the undefeated University of Alabama and Texas A&M University. UM has lost to Florida State and Alabama, with the Crimson Tide still undefeated, and FSU with loses to the University of Louisville and the University of North Carolina.
Even with the two losses, the Rebels are still alive in the SEC. UM needs to win out and have Alabama lose twice along the way.
The good news is http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/333">Alabama gets the University of Tennessee and Texas A&M in back-to-back weeks. The Tide must still face Louisiana State University and an improving Auburn University in the Iron Bowl at the end of the season.
Arkansas is part of a http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/145">tough three-game stretch for the Rebels. UM to LSU next and hosts Auburn to close out October.
A nearly sure win against Georgia Southern University begins Nov. 05. If the Rebels don’t stumble their way out of October, a major showdown looms on Nov. 12 against Texas A&M.
UM finishes the season at defensive-minded but offensively challenged Vanderbilt University and in the Egg Bowl against Mississippi State University. That’s a tough stretch to close the season, but every team in the SEC faces a similar stretch at this point.
Lets just hope the Rebels did a better job with their two weeks to prepare for its game against Arkansas than MSU did with its two weeks before it played Auburn. The biggest story was Rebel quarterback http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17742228/ole-miss-qb-chad-kelly-runs-field-brother-high-school-game-brawl">Chad Kelly rushing the field during his brother’s high-school game back in Buffalo, N.Y.
It should be exciting when the Razorbacks and Rebels meet up.
Last year’s score was http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/400603908">53-52 and included overtime, a crazy fourth-and-25 lateral and a two-point conversion for the win. These teams have a history of playing some wild games when they get together.
Recently, Arkansas has gotten the better of UM in this series. The Razorbacks have won http://www.winsipedia.com/ole-miss/vs/arkansas">four of the last six and seven of the last 11 meetings.
While the Razorbacks haven’t beat MSU the last four years, they have been in the heads of the Rebels, including a 30-0 victory in 2014.
Against http://www.winsipedia.com/lsu/vs/ole-miss">LSU, the Rebels are 4-4 in its last eight meetings and against http://www.winsipedia.com/auburn/vs/ole-miss">Auburn, UM has lost five of the last eight games. http://www.winsipedia.com/ole-miss/vs/texas-am">UM is 4-4 in its last eight meetings against Texas A&M and has http://www.winsipedia.com/ole-miss/vs/vanderbilt">won four of the last seven against Vanderbilt.
No matter what history says, right now the Rebels have a chance to win the SEC West.
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