Here are five takeaways from Ole Miss’ 48-0 win over Presbyterian on Saturday:

1. Vince Sanders stepped up as the Rebels’ new No. 1 wideout. Sanders had plenty to prove Saturday replacing the injured Laquon Treadwell as the Rebels’ No. 1 wideout, and that’s exactly what he did in the win over the Blue Hose. He scored on a 66-yard catch and run on the second play of the game, and pulled in a 23-yard touchdown later in the first quarter as Ole Miss was building its lead. All in all, he caught four passes for 110 yards and the two touchdowns, leading all Ole Miss wideouts in all three categories. For at least one week, Sanders appears prepared to take on the responsibilities of a No. 1 wideout in the SEC.

2. Ole Miss finally ran the ball with purpose. The Rebels only rushed for more than 180 yards once in their first nine games of the season, but they ran for a whopping 402 yards in Saturday’s victory. The Rebels’ primary tailbacks — I’Tavius Mathers and Jaylen Walton — sat out the game, yet backups Mark Dodson and Jordan Wilkins combined to rush 13 times for 299 yards and three touchdowns. If Ole Miss can continue to pick up steam in the ground game its offense will be difficult to defend the remainder of the season.

3. The Landshark defense has its swagger back. The Ole Miss defense has dominated its opponents all year, but Saturday was actually the Rebels’ first shutout of the season. Ole Miss also held Presbyterian to just 156 yards of offense, the lowest total amassed by an Ole Miss opponent this season. Following last week’s high-scoring 35-31 loss to Auburn, the Landsharks appear to have their swagger back entering next week’s bye. As Ole Miss continues to get healthy, it’ll need its defense to continue its domination in 2014 to close the season with wins over Arkansas and Mississippi State.

4. The Rebels have more questions than answers in the kicking game. Ole Miss missed both its field goal attempts Saturday, and even missed an extra point in the 48-point win. The Rebels have struggled in the kicking game all year, and despite trying three different kickers this season — Gary Wunderlich, Andrew Fletcher and now Andy Pappanastos — they’ve still converted just 7 of 13 field goals in 2014. Unless Ole Miss can find a consistent kicker between now and the end of the season, it will be on thin ice in every tight ballgame the rest of the way. That does not bode well for a team hoping to win as many as 11 games this season.

5. Ryan Buchanan and DeVante Kincade both received valuable reps on Saturday. Bo Wallace has taken nearly every snap under center for Ole Miss this season, but he won’t be back next year to lead the Rebels offense for a fourth straight year. As a result, Hugh Freeze must determine who is the future of his offense, be it Buchanan, Kincade or an incoming freshman. Freeze saw plenty of both his young backups in the second half of Saturday’s win, as they rotated series while Wallace enjoyed some well-deserved time off. Likewise, both young quarterbacks were able to better acclimate themselves with the speed of Division I football, and those reps will help both players if called upon later this year or in spring practice next year.