Ole Miss fans won’t need much convincing to show up for this one.
No. 9 Ole Miss will host No.
7 LSU on Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2, and the demand for tickets is already reflecting the weight of the matchup. It’s not just a top-10 SEC showdown with College Football Playoff implications.
It also brings LSU coach Lane Kiffin back to Oxford.
Kiffin left Ole Miss on Nov. 30, 2025 after the regular season to take the job at LSU. His departure sent Ole Miss and coach Pete Golding into the College Football Playoff stretch, and now he returns to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium as the head coach of the Rebels’ Magnolia Bowl rival.
That reunion figure to draw a loud reaction from the home crowd. Kiffin is expected to be heavily booed by Ole Miss fans.
If you’re trying to get in, the price tag is steep. Tickets for Ole Miss football vs. LSU start at $496 on StubHub, $495 on SeatGeek and $536 on Vivid Seats.
That’s about ten times the get-in price for the Rebels’ Week 2 game against Charlotte.
Here’s the full Ole Miss schedule:
All times central
Sept. 6: Ole Miss vs. Louisville (41-38 W)
Sept. 12: Ole Miss vs. Charlotte (41-9 W)
Sept. 19: Ole Miss vs. LSU (6:30 p.m., ABC)
Sept. 26: Ole Miss at Florida
Oct. 10: Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
Oct. 17: Ole Miss vs. Missouri
Oct. 24: Ole Miss at Texas
Oct. 31: Ole Miss vs. Auburn
Nov. 7: Ole Miss vs. Georgia
Nov. 14: Ole Miss at Oklahoma
Nov. 21: Ole Miss vs. Wofford (11 a.m., SEC Network+)
Nov. 27: Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State (11 a.m., ABC)
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The legal fight has only sharpened the mood around a game that was already set up to carry real weight for both programs. With Umanmielen now on the LSU side of the rivalry and the lawsuit still hanging over the story line, this is the kind of off-field wrinkle that can make an SEC meeting feel even bigger before a single snap is played. [Read more 🡒]