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Rebels · SEC

Head coach Pete Golding Year 1 with Ole Miss

Year-1 HCs (2015-2024) averaged -0.19 W vs. preseason expectation

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
8.6
Expected wins
9-3
Proj record
6 to 11
Win range (90%)
#8 (3–18)
Final rank (90%)
80%
Make playoff
22%
Win conference

Path to Glory

Tap a win or a loss on each pivotal game to see how the playoff probability shifts. Leave any game unset to average across both outcomes.

Make the playoff

80%

Baseline projection.

  • vs Missouri
    Home · Oct 17
  • at Oklahoma
    Away · Nov 14
  • vs Georgia
    Home · Nov 7
  • at Texas
    Away · Oct 24

Pivotal games are the 5 with the largest playoff-probability swing, ranked by the model. Math: chained Bayesian log-odds update from the conditional simulation set; gets the directionally right answer but won't perfectly capture cross-game correlations until the full Monte Carlo pipeline lands.

Returning production · 2026

60 score
  • Quarterback 85% (4/6 )
  • Offensive line 56% (10/18 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 42% (17/33 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 46% (13/31 )
  • Secondary 32% (17/24 )
  • Special teams 98% (3/7 )

Share of last season's production each unit returns. Higher means more continuity: 70%+ is healthy, 45–70% a normal rebuild, under 45% a major turnover.

Portal additions · 2026

+2.1 rating

30 proven transfers in, carrying the production below from their prior school.

  • Jonathan Maldonado DE ← Nevada 177 impact
  • Keaton Thomas LB ← Baylor 131 impact
  • Edwin Joseph S ← Florida State 122 impact
  • Joshua Dye RB ← Southern Utah 119 impact
  • Johntay Cook II WR ← Syracuse 105 impact
  • Luke Ferrelli LB ← California 99 impact

Impact scores offensive skill additions (QB/RB/WR/TE) — prior-season production normalized within position (100 ≈ a 90th-percentile producer at that spot) and discounted for non-FBS competition, so a top back counts alongside a top quarterback. Defensive and O-line additions count as transfers but aren't box-score measurable, so they carry no impact score. The rating figure is this class's portal contribution vs. the FBS average, capped at ±2.5.

If QB1 is out (Trinidad Chambliss)

GIE projects a -1.3 rating drop and a -5.2pp shift in playoff probability if Ole Miss loses its QB1 for an extended stretch. (n=1 historical samples; pooled across recent seasons.)

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 37.6% 55th — average
  • Red-zone TD rate 16.5% 68th — average
  • 4th-down aggression 46.1% 88th — strong
  • Late & close 4.6 yds/play 36th — below avg

Percentile is across all FBS teams with play-by-play data for the season. "Late & close" is yards per play in Q4+ with a one-score margin — a proxy for clutch offensive performance.

Schedule

Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.

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