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Week 8 bowl projections for Ole Miss as it hits the halfway mark of the season

11by: Jake Thompson10/13/25JakeThompsonOn3
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No. 5 Ole Miss is sitting at 6-0 after it escaped a potential résumé-killing loss to Washington State on Saturday.

The Rebels beat the Cougars, 24-21, but they slipped back in the latest Top 25 rankings a spot to No. 5 after Indiana and Texas A&M leapfrogged them with better wins.

So what did the not-so-pretty do to the bowl projections of Ole Miss as it starts the second-half of the 2025 season now with College Football Playoff goals in mind?

The CFP is still in play, per this week’s newest bowl projections but the Rebels also fell a seed or two in the 12-team field.

Here are this week’s bowl projections for Ole Miss

  • Brett McMurphy (On3) –
    No. 7 vs. No. 10 Georgia Tech (First Round)
    vs. No. 2 Ohio State (Rose Bowl / Quarterfinals)
  • Mark Schlabach (ESPN) –
    No. 5 vs. No. 12 South Florida
    vs. No. 4 Texas A&M (Sugar Bowl)
  • Kyle Bonagura (ESPN) –
    No. 6 vs. No. 11 LSU
    vs. No. 3 Miami (Orange Bowl)
  • Brad Crawford (CBS Sports) –
    No. 6 vs. No. 11 Georgia Tech
    Winner vs. No. 3 Alabama (Sugar Bowl)
  • Athlon Sports –
    No. 6 vs. No. 11 Tennessee
    vs. No. 3 Indiana (Cotton Bowl)

Ole Miss will have chances to improve these projections and help solidify a CFP-worthy résumé with SEC road games against ranked opponents the next two weeks. First up is a Top-10 match up in Athens against No. 9 Georgia (5-1, 3-1 SEC) on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC. After that the Rebels head to Norman to take on No. 14 Oklahoma (5-1, 1-1).

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