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The Drive Home: After Georgia, is Ole Miss still a playoff team?

Ben Garrettby: Ben Garrett10/19/25SpiritBen
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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin (Photo credit: USA Today Images)

The Ole Miss Spirit’s Ben Garrett was joined LIVE by Brad Logan and Sudu Upadhyay from Athens and following No. 5-ranked Ole Miss’ 43-35 loss at No. 9 Georgia on Saturday. 

Trinidad Chambliss and the Ole Miss offense pulled off a first against a Kirby Smart defense. However, Pete Golding’s Rebel defense was an absolute disaster as Ole Miss fell to 6-1 (3-1 SEC) on the season with a trip to Oklahoma up next.

“It’s just really disappointing,” sixth-year Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin said. “You could feel good that we’ve come a long ways from where we were two years ago in this room. But you’ve got a chance, man.

“Here comes another really hard place to play [Oklahoma] agains the top defense in the country. That’s going to be a really big test. We’ve got a lot of things to fix. Thirty-four first downs [for Georgia] is really concerning.”

Are the Rebels still a College Football Playoff contender? What about Kiffin and an already-active coaching carousel? Billy Napier and Florida did defeat Mississippi State, after all. Could LSU come open after Brian Kelly and the Tigers lost at Vanderbilt?

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“Just disappointing,” Kiffin said. “It’s disappointing to have a shot like this — to be up two scores in the fourth quarter at Georgia [with a chance to] to undefeated, 7-0. That’s kind of a once-in-a-lifetime moment.”

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