Kentucky Wildcats vs Ole Miss Rebels Prediction & Picks - NCAA

Prediction published on 9/26/24, 12:00 PM  by Travis Pulver | Modified on 9/27/24 at 2:17 AM in NCAA Picks

Lane Kiffin and his Ole Miss Rebels will try to start SEC play with a win Saturday when they host the Kentucky Wildcats at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, MS. These two teams last played during the 2022 season, a game the Rebels won in Oxford 22-19. BetMGM has Ole Miss listed as a 16.5-point favorites over the Wildcats. The Rebels have dominated the all-time series, with Kentucky going 29-13-1 since the series began in 1944. Ole Miss has won the last three meetings by a combined six points and has never lost to Kentucky in Oxford. The last time the Wildcats beat Ole Miss in Mississippi, the Rebels played games at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson.

It was 1964.

However, while the Rebels have the No. 1 offense, passing offense, scoring offense, scoring defense, and run defense, that does not mean they will roll over the Wildcats. Kentucky does not have much of an offense this season, but it has one of the better defenses in the country (No. 6 total defense). Of course, at this stage of the season, with many teams playing soft schedules, statistics can be incredibly misleading.

Then again, the Wildcats played Georgia pretty tough, losing by a point 13-12.