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Lane Kiffin Criticizes SEC Making Oklahoma a Permanent Ole Miss Opponent for 2026–29

The SEC's new nine-game format assigns each team three fixed opponents through 2029 with the rest rotating every two years.

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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin worked the sidelines as the Kentucky Wildcats faced off against the Ole Miss Rebels at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Ole Miss defeated Kentucky, 30-23.

Overview

  • Ole Miss was assigned LSU, Mississippi State and Oklahoma as its annual conference opponents from 2026 through 2029.
  • Kiffin called Oklahoma's inclusion "really disappointing" and said the programs and fan bases "don't have anything in common."
  • He noted that keeping the Egg Bowl preserved limited choices and said a yearly game with LSU "makes sense."
  • Ole Miss and Oklahoma have met only twice previously, in the 1999 Independence Bowl and once last season.
  • The Rebels will visit the Sooners on Oct. 25, 2025, a matchup scheduled after both teams opened this season unbeaten.