ESPN gives one SEC West program zero chance to make the CFB Playoff
Not too long ago, ESPN Insider KC Joyner took a look at the 11 teams that have the most realistic shot at making the College Football Playoff this upcoming season. Alabama and Tennessee were the only two SEC teams on that list.
On Monday, he put together a rundown of the seven teams that were closest to making that 11-team cut as a legit CFP contender, but had just enough flaws to fall short. This is where Ole Miss comes into play.
It has zero chance to make the playoffs in 2016, according to Joyner.
“The Rebels are coming off of their first 10-win season since 2003 and their 19 wins over the past two years is a mark tied for the second highest two-year win total in school history,” wrote Joyner. “That would make it seem that the next step toward national title contention is in the works, but the reality is this program will likely take a backward step in 2016.”
ESPN’s latest FPI rankings currently have Ole Miss at No. 7 overall, but ranks the Rebels’ schedule as the second-most difficult in the nation and projects an eight-win season with just a .2 percent chance to finish 12-0 and the fifth-best odds to win the conference (6.5 percent).
In 2015, Ole Miss ended up No. 10 in the final AP Top 25 poll, which is the program’s best finish since the 1969 season.
Even if we lose to FSU (a top 5 team), it comes down to beating Bama (-3) – you know this year it isn’t an upset :) Bama fans !
I’m liking our chances still – and a three-loss team still in the top ten (pretty strong).
You can’t honestly say it comes down to beating bama…Bama lost the last two years and won the conference both seasons.
It doesn’t matter how many times you say that even though it’s true he won’t ever listen.
It takes the entire body of work to make it. I don’t think anyone goes undefeated in the SEC and to be honest I could see the SEC getting left out of the CFP next season.
Its rare to find people who want to be an uneducated incompetent joke in life…
It’s not that rare… They’re all collected in one place: University of Kentucky. Just look at SevenT.
It’s always a upset when u turn the ball over 5 times.
Even then Ole Miss almost blew it. It took a miracle play that would make even Auburn blush, and then, of course, the bootleg touchdown pass. That was a good play by Kelly, even if his linemen were way down the field. Point being, the Rebs had lots of rabbits’ feet in their pockets.
Not when you are getting your jock knocked off.
when did turnovers not count? We also had more points. We got lucky with a couple of plays but with 6 min left it was a blowout. Stop making excuses and move on that game was last year and you lost.
You won by 5 with 5 turnovers…Hardly a blowout.
If you take out the two shenanigans plays, the illegal TD w/ linemen downfield and the TD that bounced off of people, OM had less than 300 yards TOTAL offense; those two were a combined 139 yds and 14 points, so you’d end up with 294 total yds(202+92) and Bama wins 37-29.
We had more yards, more ToP, fewer penalties, much more effective on 3rd down on offense; we just made more mistakes.
You won by 6, you got 5 turnovers, an illegal TD and another one that was undefendable. You didn’t come in to BDS and truly beat, as in dominate, Alabama. You got lucky, and you got our bad day. Considering the rivalry is 51-10-2 on the field, and the combined games in the Nick Saban era are 260-144 for points and 7-2 for wins, and the two losses were in seasons with 2x SEC titles and a NC, I’m ok with you Ole Miss fans continuing to yell about that time you beat Bama at home. Anybody else would look at that game and see what it really was: Bama beat themselves.
BamaTime: focus for me I said with 6 min left. We were up 19, some would say that’s blowing out.
dplafoll: you are right lets take those plays out and say bama won.
Well the game ended 6 minutes later with Ole Miss up by 5. What some people look at is the fact the Turnover ratio was 5-0 and Ole Miss still hung on at the end to win by 5…Ole miss won the game so congratulations but to pretend it was a blowout or that a few lucky bounces didn’t go your way would be stretching the truth a little.
Moron, adding or the Amry just isn’t your thing is it – we won 43 – 37 (6 points).
And we scored 8 times on the great Alabama D, it should’ve been 57-37. Bama is just lucky our secondary was taken out (Connor & I. Gross).
And well for turnovers, the Nkemdiche’s just crushed both of your QBs, LOL
And finally, it will be a blowout this year no way ya’ll will keep up with Kelly.
~You’re Welcome
@ dplafoll – I completely agree with you, we did not beat ya’ll – you just sucked, LOL
That’s even worst
~You’re Welcome
Can you give it a rest and just have a civilized conversation for once? You keep calling people moron and idiot but your grammar is terrible. You say you have two degrees but can’t formulate a sentence. Drop the name calling and just have a normal conversation.
Learn how to add first, Moron !
lets not count the illegal batted onside kick that Bama had though, right? That swung the entire momentum at the end. It was a blowout before that. Don’t try and lie now that that game is way past us. We’re more than aware that we didn’t finish strong, but we also came to BD and whipped that Bama ass before falling short. It was a beatdown and y’alls fans leaving start of the 4th prove that. Fair weather fans…smh.
That is just stupid. That would be like a bama fan bragging about a blowout first half again Auburn in 2013. They came back and won the game in the Second half…..You guys won the game but 6 points with a 5-0 turnover ratio is far from a blowout. Tell us how many Ole Miss fans hung around for the Memphis and Florida game? What Florida did to Ole Miss is a blow out…
you bama fans are amazing you guys go 14-1 and win the national championship and 5 months later you are trying to get justification for your one loss. Just say you lost to ole miss, turnovers included, and move on.
I am not sure how many times I have to say that Ole Miss won. I think I said it 3 times in this conversation. The only thing I was pointing out is that it was not a blowout.
And ESPN has LSu over the Volt in the playoffs, LOL
Your point?
LSU could lose to Memphis and still have a better shot at the CFP!
Well this was a pleasant surprise
Auburn is the team with zero chance going into the season. They open the season with 5 guaranteed losses and will be impressive in just how bad they are for a team with a ton of talent. Gus showed us bad coaching for the past two years. Getting worse with better talent is tough to do.
Guaranteed losses? We play Arkansas St. and ULM in our first 5 games. And A&M doesn’t look great either
Com’on Kwozz u should know we don’t have a chance against Arkansas St or ULM.
Geez ur a complete retard
Wow you’re a hating moron…are you 12? Since UGA’s last sec title in ’05.Auburn:SEC champ ’10&’13 & NC ’10 not to mention runner up in”13.UGA has won NOTHING since then….
I wouldn’t say 0%. Probably more like 0.000000000000000000001%.
You never know half the teams in the country could have their planes crash or something.
Knew it’d be us before I read it, but I like this better than them saying we’ll win it. Hell, might piss off the players enough to do something.
What is this, butch jones 6th year of laying bricks? And he still doesn’t have much to show for it. I think UT is a little over rated.
This statement is completely asinine. First, he’s only had 3 seasons. Second, he’s completely flipped our roster around and we finally have an SEC level team. Finally, he took us from not even making a bowl game to crushing a 10 win Northwestern team (yes I admit they were a bit overrated) that still managed to beat Stanford.
I’m not ready to crown him just yet, and I’m still not sure we make Atlanta this year, but come on. Quit acting like he walked into a good situation. We were a dumpster fire before he arrived.
I don’t think it is a zero percent chance (as anything can happen) but i think we have the second least favorable odds in the west. Our schedule this year is pretty brutal.
Hey Tyler, I checked the link to the article you posted by ESPN about the 11 teams that had a shot. LSU is on the list, making 3 teams from the SEC they gave a shot to win it all, not just Bama and UT. I know this article is supposed to be about ESPN’s opinion of Ole Miss, and that you guys would rather bash a team than say something good, but if you’re gonna link another journalist’s story, I figure you ought to read it first.
Moron, he knows the truth (LSu chokes again) – Harris is coming !
Also, how about thanking SDS writers sometimes instead of putting them down.
Corndog, your 10,000-word paragraph rants are so entertaining.
I love all the new articles every day, so thank you SDS writers.
This just isn’t that difficult. This team has never had an 11 win season. They have never beento the SEC Championship game; never played in a BCS National Championship and has only a piece of a mythical championship over 50 years ago. Anybody shocked that OLE MISS has no chance whatsoever? Me neither.
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Why is it a Ole Miss fan ruins the comment sections of every thread?
Dude, you’re one of the most obnoxious people to ever comment on these articles. Even I say some dumb stuff on here from time to time – I admit it. Now let’s hear you deny that. You have more haters on here than the actual journalists who write this garb.
Actually I am not but I will troll a troll. Almost every article has some Ole Miss fan calling people morons or idiot. If someone wants to talk football that’s fine but to take personal shots at people on every article gets old don’t you think?
Yeah, it does get old. I really wish SDS would block dumb cunts like Rebel_LandShark. Let the trolls live out their own pathetic lives. Don’t be a part of it. You can roll around in the mud with the pig, but the difference is the pig likes it.
Very ironic considering everyone hates you, BamaTime.
So now you speak for everyone? You changed your screen name to try and troll me. You fit right in with landsharks….
No I’m just going by the general consensus. We all hate Bama fans and bandwagon fans. You are both. Pretty simple.
It seems to me the general consensus is most fans think you Ole Miss fans talk a lot of crap for a team that hasn’t won anything in your life time. It seems like a lot of fan on this site might be tired of the constant trolling from you Ole Miss fans as well. You know changing screen names and all because you got your feelings hurt.
Not everyone jumps onto a winning team’s bandwagon. We’ve accomplished several things in my lifetime. Some of us actually attended the university we cheer for, and don’t have the “luxury” of picking the most recent champion and talking trash to everyone year-to-year. I’m an OM fan whether we win 10 or lose 10. Bama fans absolutely cannot say the same thing.
I am associated with the University in multiple ways but I wanted to serve in the military and that is what I did. I got my degree through another University and could still attend the University of Alabama if I wanted to. Not everyone basis their goals in life off of a school name or football team. To say I am a bandwagon fan because I didn’t attend the University is dumb. You don’t know my background or my association with the University. You seem to like to assume a lot of stuff.
You seem afraid to tell us where you went. Self-conscious?
No I am not afraid I just didn’t see how it was important to the conversation. The entire debate is about me not attending Alabama. I attended TAMU. I have done 6 years of my career in Central texas and it’s where I plan to stay. It was the easiest for me to be able to complete remotely.
So you actually cheer for a team that plays in the same division as you alma mater? Please tell me how that makes sense.
*your
Well I have plenty of ties to the University of Alabama. I attended TAMU due to circumstance.
I have ties to the school my parents attended. Grew up a fan of that school. But I attended Ole Miss. I partook in all of the struggles and wins over those 4 years. Spent tons of money and time there. It’s a part of me. I wouldn’t dream of cheering against my alma mater. There’s no way to explain that, really. Most love their university and would never go against it.