Overview
- The Rebels are 7-1 and ranked No. 7, positioning themselves for a College Football Playoff push with South Carolina up next.
- An automatic one-year extension was triggered by the seventh win and signed, with the added year valued at $9 million and $7.2 million guaranteed.
- Yahoo Sports reporting cited by Newsweek says Kiffin has not signed a newly negotiated extension and is choosing to wait.
- High-profile openings at Florida and LSU have intensified outside interest, though Kiffin has said he does not make decisions based on money.
- Kiffin is earning about $9 million this season, and his deal features a buyout of roughly $36.6 million before Dec. 1, rising to nearly $44 million by Dec. 8, with no duty to mitigate.