Auburn at Ole Miss Preview

The call

Both teams lost in Week 8, but in opposite ways: Ole Miss rallied from 24–3 down at Texas before falling 34–27, while Auburn was outgained 552–271 in a 38–17 home loss to LSU. The Rebels own the quarterback, the protection and the building. Auburn owns the chaos résumé — it won at No. 1 Georgia two weeks ago.

Projected final

23—34

Ole Miss by 11

Trinidad Chambliss (275.1 passing yards a game) faces an Auburn pass defense that just gave up 387 yards to Sam Leavitt and now allows 250.7 a game, behind a line that has surrendered five sacks all season. Auburn's path — Byrum Brown's legs and a short field — is real, but it runs into an unbeaten-at-home team with its playoff margin for error gone. Confidence: medium — Lacy is ruled out, but Frazier (5.9 yards a carry) is a proven fill-in; Friday's report upgraded LT Terez Davis to probable while leaving CB Jalyn Crawford questionable, and Auburn lost WR Jeremiah Koger (downgraded to out) the same night.

Why it lands there

01The quarterback gap. Chambliss: 1,926 yards, 16 TD, 275.1 yards a game. Brown: 1,362 yards, 8 TD, 6.5 yards an attempt — and under 165 passing yards in three straight games.
02Protection vs. pressure, flipped. Ole Miss has allowed 5 sacks in 7 games (none at Texas) and Auburn's pass rush produced one sack against LSU after All-American LB Xavier Atkins was dismissed. Auburn's line has allowed 30 sacks, seven of them last week.
03Lacy is out — Frazier is the swing now. RB Kewan Lacy (388 yards, 5 TD) dislocated his shoulder at Texas and Pete Golding ruled him out Monday (“no chance” this week; MRIs pending). Makhi Frazier (51 carries, 301 yards, 5.9 a carry; 101 yards vs Missouri, 47 at Texas) steps in as the lead back with Shekai Mills-Knight next, and Golding said Chambliss will run more — capable pieces, but the Rebels' ceiling drops without Lacy.
04Home form vs. road chaos. Ole Miss is unbeaten at Vaught-Hemingway this season; Auburn is 1–1 on the road — a 24–14 loss at Tennessee and the 27–24 stunner at Georgia that keeps this from a higher-confidence call.

74.9%FPI: Ole Miss

+14.7 / +6.5SP+: Ole Miss / Auburn

31–23SEC Scouts: Ole Miss

−11.5 · 57.5Market consensus / total

Sources: Market odds, SP+ (Sports Wire), FPI (Auburn Wire), SEC Scouts, Lacy update, Lacy ruled out (Mon.)

Position by position

Each offense is matched against the defense it will actually see. Filter by position group, or scan all eight. Season figures are through Week 8 (Oct. 24), updated with the Week 8 box scores.

Ole Miss QB vs Auburn pass D

Ole Miss · moderate

Trinidad Chambliss

Comp.63.7%

Pass yds / game275.1

TD–INT16–7

Rush TD6

Auburn coverage

Pass yds allowed250.7/g

Vs LSU (Wk 8)387 yds · 3 TD

INT vs Georgia2

Read: Chambliss's season line (167-of-262, 1,926 yards) is rebuilt from his 1,676 yards and 14 TD through six games plus a 25-of-52, 250-yard, 2-TD day at Texas — a career-high 3 interceptions there is the caution flag, not the trend. Auburn's pass defense slid from 228.0 yards a game (96th nationally) to 250.7 after Leavitt's career day, and it must do it without dismissed LB Xavier Atkins underneath.

Chambliss through Week 7 · Texas box score · LSU–Auburn box score

Auburn QB vs Ole Miss pass D

Ole Miss · slight

Byrum Brown

Comp.63.9%

Yards / att.6.5

TD–INT8–7

Rush yds / TD480 / 6

Ole Miss coverage

Pass yds allowed233.0/g

Crawford at Texas2 INT

Joseph (S)OUT

Read: Brown (133-of-208, 1,362 yards after a 15-of-24, 160-yard day vs LSU) wins games with his legs, not his arm — 6.5 yards an attempt ranked 113th nationally entering Week 8. Ole Miss gives up yards (233.0 a game) but just intercepted Arch Manning twice through Jalyn Crawford, and its season-long leak is partly offset by a secondary that, even without starting nickel Edwin Joseph (out, ankle), faces the SEC's most interception-prone starter this side of his 7 picks.

Brown through Week 7 · LSU box score · Joseph out

Ole Miss RBs vs Auburn front

Auburn · slight

Ole Miss rushing

Yards / game148.0

LacyOUT · dislocated shoulder

Frazier (season)51 att · 301 yds

Auburn front

Allowed / game146.1

Allowed / carry*3.6

Melendez57 tkl · 4 sacks

Read: The question is resolved: Lacy dislocated the shoulder at Texas — a different injury from the one he nursed all season, Golding said Monday — and is out, with MRIs still pending. Frazier becomes the lead back: 301 yards at 5.9 a carry, including 101 yards against Missouri and 7.8 a carry at Texas (long of 34) after Lacy exited; Shekai Mills-Knight (4 carries, 42 yards, 1 TD) is next, and Golding said Chambliss will run more. Auburn's front just allowed 165 rushing yards to LSU (Dilin Jones 92) and is led by Elijah Melendez, now the full-time engine with Atkins dismissed — the edge stays Auburn's, but Frazier's efficiency keeps it only slight.

Reuters: Lacy out vs Auburn · Rebel Walk: Golding Monday transcript · Lacy shoulder

Auburn RBs vs Ole Miss front

Auburn · slight

Auburn rushing

Yards / game165.6

Brown (QB)480 yds · 6 TD

Cobb320 yds · 2 TD

Ole Miss front

Allowed / game~161

Vs Missouri39 yds allowed

Vs Texas207 yds allowed

Ferrelli (LB)Probable · added Fri.

Read: Two versions of this Ole Miss front exist: the one that held Missouri to 39 rushing yards and the one Texas gashed for 207 (Raleek Brown 157) a week later. Auburn's ground game is its offense — 165.6 yards a game even after a 67-yard, 1.9-a-carry collapse against LSU — and it runs through Brown, whose 115 yards at Georgia showed the ceiling and whose 21 yards on 19 carries last week showed the floor when the line loses. Ole Miss's second-leading tackler, LB Luke Ferrelli (44 tackles), was added as probable on Friday's report — expected to play, and central to Golding's stated plan to eliminate the quarterback run game.

Texas box score · LSU box score · Brown (Auburn official)

Ole Miss WR/TE vs Auburn DBs

Ole Miss · moderate

Primary targets

Alexander at Texas8 rec · 87 yds

Fields at Texas3 · 50 · 2 TD

Odom (TE) at Texas5 · 59

Auburn DBs

Harris vs LSU9 tackles

Team250.7 yds/g

Leavitt line faced32/45 · 387 · 3 TD

Read: Ole Miss spreads it to at least four credible targets — Deuce Alexander is the volume man, Horatio Fields scored twice in the Texas comeback, and tight end Caleb Odom is a chain-mover. Auburn's secondary just watched Jackson Harris post 9 catches for 178 yards and 2 TD; a four-wide Rebels rotation is a worse matchup than one star.

Texas box score · LSU box score

Auburn WR/TE vs Ole Miss DBs

Ole Miss · slight

Primary targets

Singleton36 rec · 431 yds · 2 TD

Nimrod33 rec · 340 yds · 3 TD

Neptune32 rec

Ole Miss DBs

Crawford2 INT at Texas

Kite at Texas7 tackles · 1 TFL

Joseph / PrestonOUT

CrawfordQuestionable

Read: Keshaun Singleton (team-high 431 yards after 4-for-64 vs LSU) is Auburn's one proven separator, and Christian Neptune's 32 catches are mostly possession work. The Ole Miss secondary is thin — Joseph and MJ Preston were out at Texas and remain out on Wednesday's report, which also lists Crawford, the two-interception man at Texas, as questionable — and Auburn's own third receiver, Jeremiah Koger (14 catches, 230 yards), was downgraded to out on Friday's report. But Auburn's 6.5 yards an attempt has not punished thin secondaries all season.

Auburn targets · Texas box score · Rebel Walk availability

Ole Miss OL vs Auburn DL

Ole Miss · moderate

Ole Miss protection

Sacks allowed5 in 7 games

At Texas0 allowed

Red-zone scoring*100% thru Wk 7

Auburn pressure

Sacks vs LSU1

Melendez4.0 sacks

AtkinsDismissed

Read: The SEC's best protection meets a pass rush in transition. Ole Miss allowed no sacks at Texas even with starting LT Terez Davis dressed but not playing (Connor Howes went the whole game) and C Brycen Sanders gutting through a third-quarter injury before returning — and Friday's official availability report upgraded Davis to probable — in line with Golding's Monday expectation that he would return — with Howes also probable and Sanders off the report entirely, so the first-choice left side is effectively restored. Auburn's lone sack last week came from Jared Smith; without Atkins (3 sacks, 7.5 TFL), Melendez carries a rush that must win with four against a line giving up 0.71 sacks a game.

247Sports OL notes · LSU box score

Auburn OL vs Ole Miss DL

Ole Miss · moderate

Auburn protection

Sacks allowed30 in 7 games

Vs LSU7 allowed

LT / LGStrand / Zierer*

Ole Miss pressure

Sacks at Texas2

Franklin1 sack · 2 TFL · FR TD

Purchase1 sack · FF

Read: Auburn's reshuffled left side (Jacob Strand, Wilson Zierer) is the game's clearest trench liability: 30 sacks allowed, 134th-ranked protection entering Week 8, and seven more surrendered to LSU. Ole Miss's ends just produced the Texas comeback — Kam Franklin's fumble-recovery touchdown off Blake Purchase's strip-sack — and Brown's scrambling only partly offsets negative plays; LSU held him to 1.1 yards a carry. *Week 8 starting pair.

LSU box score · Texas box score

Possession pressure

Neither team's full-season fumble ledger was published in the sources reviewed, so no exact turnover margin is presented. The confirmed components point one way: Auburn's quarterback has thrown 7 interceptions, and Ole Miss's defense just took the ball away three times at Texas — while its own quarterback gave it back three times in the same game.

Brown INT thrown7

Most among SEC starters in the sources reviewed; 0 vs LSU

Chambliss INT thrown7

4 through Week 7, then a career-high 3 at Texas

Ole Miss takeaways at Texas3

2 INT (Crawford) · 1 fumble recovery TD

Auburn takeaways vs Georgia3

2 INT · 1 fumble — the upset formula

What remains open: Complete season giveaway/takeaway totals and exact margins for both teams were not published. What is confirmed: the LSU–Auburn game was turnover-free, the Texas–Ole Miss game produced six turnovers (three each), and Auburn's three takeaways at Georgia are how this underdog wins — if Ole Miss protects the ball, the path narrows sharply.

Texas–Ole Miss box score · LSU–Auburn box score

Field goals & field position

Ole Miss's Lucas Carneiro owns the longer verified leg (57) but missed a blocked 58-yarder at Texas; Auburn's Alex McPherson has a 55-yarder and a game-winner at Georgia on his résumé, though his full-season field-goal split was not published. Ole Miss's red-zone scoring was a perfect 24-for-24 through Week 7.

Auburn · Alex McPherson

1/1*vs LSU (Wk 8)
Long 55 (season)

At GeorgiaGame-winning FG

Career PATPerfect (94/94 thru Wk 7)

Season FG splitNot published*

PunterHudson Kaak

*Full-season makes/attempts were not published in the sources reviewed. LSU box score

Ole Miss · Lucas Carneiro

9/1275.0%
Long 57

At Texas2/3 (46, 39; 58 blocked)

PAT27/27*

Bird punts at Texas7 · 43.3 avg

KickoffsMcStravick (Carneiro foot)

*Reconstructed from official game logs through Week 8. Texas box score

Ball placement & rushing upside

Where premium tracking metrics were unavailable, the analysis uses clearly labeled proxies rather than pretending the missing numbers exist.

275.1

Chambliss passing yards per game

1,926 yards in seven games, with 16 passing touchdowns and 6 rushing scores. His completion rate fell from 67.6% through Week 7 to 63.7% after the 52-attempt, 3-interception Texas game — the placement question this week is whether Austin was the exception.

DocSports · Texas box

No public adjusted completion %, on-target rate or deep-ball splits were found for either quarterback. Completion %, yards per attempt (Chambliss 7.3, Brown 6.5) and TD–INT ratio are used as labeled proxies.
Brown's rushing proxy: 480 yards and 6 TD on 126 carries — but the split is the story: 115 yards at Georgia, 21 yards on 19 carries vs LSU. Official yards-after-contact and explosive-run rates were not published.
Ole Miss explosive-run proxy: Frazier's 34-yard run at Texas and 7.8 yards a carry in relief of Lacy; Lacy's own season long-run data was not published.
Line-play proxy: sacks allowed and generated — Ole Miss 5 allowed in 7 games, Auburn 30 allowed — public line-yards and TFL-allowed splits were unavailable.

Bleacher Nation · Auburn official

Sources & caveats

Statistics are a dated snapshot through Week 8 (games of Oct. 24, 2026), compiled Sunday, October 25, 2026, delta-updated Monday, October 26, 2026, again Tuesday, October 27, 2026, again Wednesday, October 28, 2026, again Thursday, October 29, 2026, again Friday, October 30, 2026, and again Saturday, October 31, 2026. Season totals marked as rebuilt combine published through-Week-7 figures with the Week 8 box scores. The first official SEC availability report for Week 9 was released Wednesday evening (7:10 PM CT) and confirms Pete Golding's Monday ruling: Kewan Lacy dislocated his shoulder at Texas and is out vs Auburn (MRIs pending); Makhi Frazier steps in as lead back. The report lists LT Terez Davis and CB Jalyn Crawford as questionable — a downgrade from Golding's Monday expectation that Davis would return — nickel Edwin Joseph out for a third straight week, and Brycen Sanders, Connor Howes and Michai Boireau as probable. Auburn lists only three players: OL Tai Buster and TE Hunter Herring out, and WR Jeremiah Koger (14 catches, 230 yards) questionable; QB Byrum Brown is not listed, and neither is Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss. Kickoff: Saturday, Oct. 31, 12:45 PM ET, SEC Network, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Weather is an updated Open-Meteo forecast for the 11:45 AM CT kickoff hour — the Oct. 31 pull at noon CT still shows overcast skies, a touch warmer than Friday's pull (76.9°F and wind 9.3 mph, vs 75.5°F and 9.3 mph on Oct. 30), with no rain in the kickoff window. Ole Miss is shown at No. 12 in the AP poll released October 25, 2026, down five spots from No. 7 after the loss at Texas; Auburn is unranked. Betting lines can move — the market moved from Ole Miss −11.5 to −13.5 (total 57.5) by Monday morning and held at −13.5 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (total 57.5 at most books, 56.5 at FanDuel) even after the Lacy news and Wednesday's availability report, then eased on Friday: College Football News' consensus line across BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings and FanDuel was Ole Miss −12.5 (total still 57.5), and BetMGM itself was down to −11.5 on Friday morning (SportsbookWire, lines updated Friday at 6:42 AM ET). It eased again Saturday morning: BetMGM was down to −11 (Auburn Wire and the Clarion Ledger's Saturday TV guide, total still 57.5), TheSpread, Bleacher Nation and Pick Dawgz sat at −11.5, Action Network held −12.5, FanDuel was the high outlier at −13.5 (total 56.5) and FanDuel Research showed −10.5 — so the gamebar now shows −11.5, the middle of Saturday's board. Thursday's official availability report was identical to Wednesday's for both teams. Friday's report (released Oct. 30 at 7:10 PM CT) changed four things: LT Terez Davis was upgraded from questionable to probable, C Brycen Sanders and DT Michai Boireau came off the report entirely (available), starting LB Luke Ferrelli (44 tackles, second on the team) was added as probable, and Auburn WR Jeremiah Koger was downgraded from questionable to out — leaving Crawford as Ole Miss's only questionable player, Lacy still out, and Auburn's list at three, all out (Buster, Herring, Koger); the final game-day report was still due about 90 minutes before kickoff. Saturday's consensus still favors Ole Miss unanimously on the winner — all 10 SportsWire models (blended call Ole Miss by 10.5), CFN 35–23, the Clarion Ledger 34–21, Greg McElroy 33–23, Covers' AI 33–20, SP+ 32–21 (ratings updated Saturday to Ole Miss +14.7, Auburn +6.5), DraftKings Network 31–23, College Sports Wire 33–23, Auburn Wire 38–31 and even the Montgomery Advertiser's 48–41 shootout outlier — while ESPN's FPI moved from 71.8% to 74.9% for Ole Miss and the against-the-spread lean kept shifting toward Auburn as the line fell — so the 34–23 projection (an 11-point margin, now essentially at the consensus spread) is unchanged.

FantasyData: Auburn odds boardOle Miss −11.5, total 57.5, moneyline −480 for Oct. 31; Auburn's full 2026 results.
The Sports Wire: Ole Miss 2026SP+ ratings updated Sat. Oct. 31 (Ole Miss +14.7, No. 16; Auburn +6.5, No. 51 — previously +17.1 / +8.9); SP+ game margin Ole Miss by 10.7, blended call Ole Miss by 10.5, all 10 models favor Ole Miss; Friday SEC availability report posted 7:10 PM CT.
Auburn Wire: ESPN FPI remaining scheduleFPI gives Auburn a 28.2% win probability at Ole Miss (Ole Miss 71.8%).
SEC Scouts: Auburn at Ole Miss previewProjection: Ole Miss 31, Auburn 23; Chambliss 275.1 yards a game. Its Auburn player labels were not relied on.
Clarion Ledger: Lacy shoulder update (Oct. 25)Lacy aggravated his left shoulder at Texas, did not return; Golding had no update; Lacy has 388 yards and 5 TD this season.
247Sports: Ole Miss Texas-game notesDavis dressed but did not play; Howes started at LT; Sanders hurt, returned and finished; Lacy setback.
Clarion Ledger: Week 8 availability reportJoseph out a second straight week; Broomfield and Preston out; Sanders probable by Friday.
Rebel Walk: Thursday availability reportFull Ole Miss out list vs Texas; Lacy, Kutas and Cunningham cleared.
DocSports: Chambliss season statsThrough six games: 1,676 yards, 14 TD, 4 INT, 67.6%, 127 rushing yards.
Bleacher Nation / Data Skrive: LSU at AuburnBrown through six games: 1,202 yards, 8 TD, 7 INT, 459 rushing yards; Singleton, Nimrod, Cobb lines.
Sportradar: Texas 34, Ole Miss 27 box scoreWeek 8 team and player totals: Chambliss 25/52 for 250, Lacy's exit, Carneiro 2/3, Crawford 2 INT.
Sportradar: LSU 38, Auburn 17 box scoreWeek 8 team and player totals: 552–271 yards, LSU 7 sacks, Brown 15/24 for 160, turnover-free game.
Auburn official: Byrum Brown profileBrown's 277.3 total yards a game (6th in SEC) and SEC-high 459 rushing yards by a QB through Week 7.
College Football News: AP poll predictionProjected Ole Miss No. 9 in the Oct. 25 AP poll after the Texas loss; superseded by the official poll (No. 12, see below).
VegasInsider: Auburn scheduleKickoff/TV confirmation: Oct. 31, 12:45 PM ET, SEC Network; Auburn's week-by-week results.
Open-Meteo forecast for Oxford, MSUpdated Oct. 31 kickoff-hour forecast: overcast (code 3 at noon CT), 76.9°F (shown as 77°F), wind 9.3 mph (shown as 9 mph); the 11 AM CT hour reads 74.7°F, code 3, wind 8.8 mph — a touch warmer than the Oct. 30 pull (75.5°F), still overcast with no rain in the kickoff window.
Ole Miss Hub: Week 9 odds across ten books (Oct. 26)Spread Ole Miss −12.5 to −13.5 (six books at −13.5), total 57/57.5, pulled Mon. Oct. 26 at 9:13 AM ET; line opened −11.5 Sunday.
VegasInsider: Auburn at Ole Miss line movementsLatest posted: Ole Miss −13.5, total 57.5.
Saturday Down South: Ole Miss opens as big favorite (Oct. 25)Circa opened Ole Miss −13.5, total 56; confirms 12:45 PM ET, SEC Network, and Ole Miss falling from No. 7 to No. 12.
Rebel Walk: AP Top 25 — Ole Miss drops to No. 12Official Oct. 25 AP poll: Ole Miss No. 12 (5–2), down five from No. 7; Auburn unranked.
Rebel Walk: Lacy injury update timingGolding had no severity update Saturday; first Week 9 SEC availability report due Wednesday evening at 7:10 PM CT.
Cleatz: SP+ projectionsSP+ projection: Ole Miss −10.7, 75% win probability — models cluster below the −13.5 market, supporting the unchanged 34–23 projection.
Covers: Auburn at Ole Miss picksPublic picks: 57% on Auburn against the spread, 73% on the over; no expert/computer pick posted yet.
Reuters / Field Level Media: Lacy out vs Auburn (Oct. 26)Golding confirmed Monday: Lacy dislocated his shoulder at Texas (16 carries, 36 yards), a different injury from the prior one; MRIs pending; “obviously he's not going to play this week.”
Rebel Walk: Golding Monday press conference transcriptLacy out; LT Terez Davis expected back after missing Texas; Golding doubtful on Edwin Joseph this week; Chambliss to run more; Frazier and Mills-Knight to carry the load.
Sports Illustrated: Auburn vs Ole Miss prediction & oddsDraftKings still Ole Miss −13.5 / 57.5 with Lacy ruled out; SI's pick is Auburn +13.5, arguing the spread is too high without Lacy — winner consensus unchanged, cover consensus tightening toward Auburn.
Auburn Wire: Week 9 odds & prediction (Oct. 26)BetMGM Ole Miss −13 / 57.5; staff prediction Ole Miss 31, Auburn 17. Montgomery Advertiser (Oct. 26): Auburn's health a non-issue; Durkin says Lacy's absence does not change Auburn's defensive plan.
USA Today: Week 9 expert predictions (Oct. 28)Spread listed Ole Miss −13 / 57.5; four of five experts pick Ole Miss (38–23, 35–20, 35–20, 37–24), one picks Auburn outright — winner consensus unchanged, margin cluster still around the unchanged 34–23 projection.
Saturday Down South: SP+ predictionSP+ projection: Ole Miss 32, Auburn 21 — an 11-point margin matching the page projection.
Clarion Ledger: Chambliss plan with Lacy out (Oct. 28)Reconfirms Golding has ruled Lacy out for Oct. 31 (dislocated left shoulder at Texas); Ole Miss solution involves more than the backup backs. No change to Lacy status at the Wednesday-morning check; first Week 9 availability report due Wednesday 7:10 PM CT.
Clarion Ledger: Week 9 availability report (Oct. 28)First official report, released Wed. 7:10 PM CT: Ole Miss 15 listed — Lacy, Joseph, Preston and seven others out; Davis and Crawford questionable; Sanders, Howes and Boireau probable. Auburn three listed: Buster and Herring out, Koger questionable.
Rebel Walk: Wednesday availability reportCorroborates the Wed. report: two key Ole Miss starters (Crawford, Davis) questionable, Lacy out; Auburn's Buster/Herring out, Koger questionable.
Montgomery Advertiser: Auburn availability report (Oct. 28)Koger, Auburn's third-leading receiver (14 catches, 230 yards), added as questionable Wed.; beyond Herring and Buster, the only Tiger listed.
Covers: Week 9 AI predictionsAI projection Ole Miss 33, Auburn 20 (margin 13, win probability 82% for Ole Miss); expert ATS lean is Auburn +13.5 while picking Ole Miss outright — winner consensus unchanged Thu.
Rebel Walk: Thursday availability report (Oct. 29)Second report, released Thu. 7:10 PM CT: nothing changed for either team — Ole Miss 10 out, Crawford and Davis questionable, Sanders/Howes/Boireau probable; Auburn Buster and Herring out, Koger questionable. Friday report due 7:10 PM CT.
College Football News: Auburn vs Ole Miss predictionCFN picks Ole Miss 35, Auburn 23; latest consensus line Ole Miss −12.5, total 57.5 (BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, FanDuel) — the Friday consensus used in the gamebar.
SportsbookWire (USA Today): Auburn at Ole Miss odds (Oct. 30)BetMGM lines updated Friday at 6:42 AM ET: Ole Miss −11.5, total 57.5, moneyline −450 — the low end of Friday's board; prediction Ole Miss 38, Auburn 21, and a bet on Ole Miss −11.5.
Clarion Ledger: Ole Miss vs Auburn prediction (Oct. 30)Friday prediction: Ole Miss 34, Auburn 21; injury list identical to Wednesday/Thursday (Lacy out; Davis and Crawford questionable; Auburn's Buster/Herring out, Koger questionable); confirms 11:45 AM CT, SEC Network, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Saturday Down South: Friday Forecast staff picksDraftKings odds finalized Thursday, Oct. 29 at Ole Miss −13.5; SDS staff split against the spread (one Ole Miss −13.5, three Auburn +13.5 citing the Rebels' injury list) while expecting an Ole Miss win — cover consensus tightening, winner consensus unchanged.
NCAA.com: AP Top 25 released Oct. 25, 2026Fresh poll check for the Friday delta: Ole Miss No. 12 (871 points, 5–2, previous No. 7); Auburn unranked and not among the teams receiving votes listed — matches standings.json (Ole Miss ap=12, Auburn ap=null, updated 2026-10-25).
Rebel Walk: Friday availability report (Oct. 30)Third report, released Fri. 7:10 PM CT: Davis upgraded questionable to probable; Ferrelli added as probable; Sanders and Boireau off the report; Crawford still questionable; Lacy still out; Auburn's Koger downgraded to out. Final game-day report due ~10:15 AM CT Saturday.
Montgomery Advertiser: Koger ruled out (Oct. 30)Auburn's Friday list is three players, all out: Herring, Koger, Buster. Ole Miss 14 listed: 10 out, Crawford questionable, Howes, Ferrelli and Davis probable.
Auburn Wire: ESPN predicts the winner (Oct. 29)ESPN Matchup Predictor / FPI: Auburn 25.1% at Ole Miss — Ole Miss 74.9%, up from 71.8% in the pre-Week 8 reading.
Auburn Wire: Saturday odds & picks (Oct. 31)BetMGM Saturday: Ole Miss −11, total 57.5, moneyline −475 / +375; staff pick Taylor Jones: Ole Miss 38, Auburn 31. Confirms 11:45 AM CT, SEC Network, No. 12 Ole Miss.
Clarion Ledger: Saturday TV guide (Oct. 31)Reconfirms kickoff 11:45 AM CT at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, SEC Network; BetMGM spread Ole Miss −11, total 57.5; prediction Ole Miss 34, Auburn 21.
TheSpread: Saturday line (Oct. 31)Spread opened 13.5 and dropped to Ole Miss −11.5 by Saturday; total 57.5; kickoff 12:45 PM ET.
DraftKings Network: Saturday prediction (Oct. 31)Projected score Ole Miss 31, Auburn 23; best bet Auburn +11.5 — winner for Ole Miss, cover lean to Auburn at the fallen number.
Covers: expert prediction (updated Oct. 29)Covers expert now lays Ole Miss −13.5 and makes Under 57.5 the top pick — a cover-side shift from the earlier Covers AI/public lean toward Auburn against the spread; winner unchanged.