Ole Miss gets a heavyweight SEC opener under the lights in Oxford on Sept. 19, with LSU coming in for a game that has plenty of eyes on it and plenty of impact on the national rankings afterward.
The Rebels are 2-0 after opening the season with a 41-38 win over Louisville in Nashville and following that with a 41-9 victory over Charlotte. LSU is also 2-0, but had to work a little harder last week, leading Louisiana Tech only 10-7 before pulling away for a 45-14 win.
Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, and the game will air nationally on ABC. Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will be on the call, with Holly Rowe and Laura Rutledge reporting from the sidelines. Streaming is available on Fubo, which offers a free trial for new subscribers.
The betting line, courtesy of BetMGM as of Friday, Sept. 18, has the kind of narrow margin you’d expect for a game like this. Sam Hutchens of the Clarion Ledger went with Ole Miss 31, LSU 30, writing: "This game has all the drama in the world.
Why not expect a score that lives up to it? Ole Miss has what you want in a close matchup: home crowd advantage, a star quarterback and an elite field goal kicker in Lucas Carneiro."
Ole Miss’ schedule now turns into a run of SEC tests after LSU, with a Sept. 26 trip to Florida, an open date on Oct. 3, and road games at Vanderbilt and Texas. The Rebels also have Missouri, Auburn, Georgia and Oklahoma still ahead, plus Wofford on Nov. 21 and Mississippi State on Nov. 27 before the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta on Dec. 5.
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