As Ole Miss waits on the results of the ongoing NCAA investigation, CBS Sports writer Dennis Dodd recently weighed in with his opinion of how the penalties will come down.

Speaking on the 247Sports College Football Podcast, Dodd warned that it will be “significant.”

“Notwithstanding the Leo Lewis (immunity),” Dodd said. “I don’t think they necessarily needed him to get some of this stuff, they needed him to corroborate it. He alone is not the reason they’re gonna get hammered.”

Dodd said his original prediction was a one-year additional bowl ban going into 2018 for Ole Miss, a loss of 25 scholarships over three seasons, recruiting restrictions and a multi-million dollar fine. Other elements include vacating wins, Dodd said, multiple boosters being disassociated and a show-cause order for Hugh Freeze, “which will affect him when and if he wants to get back into the game.”

“And then I think the magic bullet they now have in their holster: Existing players will be allowed to transfer without penalty, and that really hurts,” Dodd said. “That’s what hurt Penn State, among others. They want to teach Ole Miss a lesson, that’s the one that hurts the most.”

As a reminder, the NCAA has accused Ole Miss of 21 total violations, 15 classified as Level I, the most serious. The university has disputed several of the latest allegations, including a lack of institutional control.

Former coach Hugh Freeze resigned because of inappropriate behavior related to phone records, but not related to NCAA violations. Freeze’s resignation followed a lawsuit that was filed against the Ole Miss by Freeze’s predecessor, Houston Nutt. Some of the violations alleged in the NCAA’s notice were committed during Nutt’s tenure in Oxford.