The Ole Miss Rebels continue navigating a chaotic stretch in Oxford as the program works through College Football Playoff preparation, roster retention, and evaluations on players that have revealed intentions to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal across America.

But the Rebels missed the Playoff, losing that Kentucky game and two others en route to a somewhat disappointing 9-3 regular season. With so much talent from that team gone, this season was expected to be a reset. Instead, Ole Miss went 11-1, with the only loss by 8 points at Georgia in mid-October.

As Pete Golding prepares to make his head-coaching debut for Ole Miss in a high-stakes College Football Playoff game, he’s pushing the message that the Rebels are “focused on the mission, not the man.

Ole Miss quarterbacks coach Joe Judge was complimentary of Austin Simmons for how he's handled getting benched for Trinidad Chambliss.

Before Pete Golding, there was Steve Fisher, who led the Michigan basketball team to the 1989 national championship as an interim head coach.

A majority of members from Ole Miss' player leadership council were in favor of keeping head coach Lane Kiffin through the College Football Playoff, according to The Athletic's Christopher Kamrani and Joe Rexrode.

Ole Miss is hiring a key member of LSU's staff during its CFP run. Lane Kiffin will need to find a new running backs coach.

Ole Miss quarterbacks' coach Joe Judge explains why he chose to stay at Ole Miss and not follow the Rebels's former coach to LSU.