Overview
- No. 8 Ole Miss topped No. 13 Oklahoma 34-26 in Norman to improve to 7-1, shutting out the Sooners in the fourth quarter to bolster its College Football Playoff outlook.
- Reporting indicates Kiffin’s seventh victory activated an automatic one-year extension in his Ole Miss Athletic Foundation deal, valued at $9 million with $7.2 million guaranteed, per USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz.
- Analysts highlight a favorable November slate — South Carolina, The Citadel, Florida, Mississippi State — and note CFP and recruiting-calendar timing could hinder Florida from making an immediate hire.
- Kiffin told his team the Florida chatter is a byproduct of winning, saying, “this is what happens around here because we win games,” during a live SEC Nation appearance.
- Postgame moments drew attention as a hot mic captured Kiffin telling OU lineman David Stone, “You’re a little quieter now than before,” and he later posted SEC Nation’s picks that favored Oklahoma.