OXFORD – With just a Nov. 28 Egg Bowl matchup at Mississippi State remaining on the regular-season schedule, No. 6 Ole Miss (10-1, 6-1 SEC) finds itself on the verge of its first College Football Playoff appearance. With last Saturday’s win over Florida, the Rebels secured the 11th double-digit win season in program history – and fourth in the last five years – and third in a row, a first for the program.

The Rebels are on their second bye before next Friday’s regular-season finale. Here is a report card for Ole Miss’ offense since the last bye following a Sept. 27 win over LSU. The Rebels have gone 5-1 since. As always, these grades are subjective.

Quarterback

Over Ole Miss’ last six games, senior quarterback Trinidad Chambliss has thrown for 1,624 yards, nine touchdowns and two interceptions. He has also run for 178 yards and four scores. The LSU game was just his third Division I start following his transfer from Ferris State.

Chambliss was not at his best in the loss at Georgia, where the Rebels totaled just 13 yards of offense in a fourth quarter they were outscored 17-0. He rebounded with 368 total yards and a touchdown pass in a crucial road victory at Oklahoma. Chambliss was just 12 of 21 for 159 yards against South Carolina but is 55 of 68 (80.9%) over the last two games and has thrown for 634 yards, four touchdowns and one interception in that span. Perhaps bigger than anything – Ole Miss is averaging 463.2 yards of offense and 34.3 points per game since the last bye week. Chambliss has masterfully guided the Rebels’ offense.

Grade: A-/B+

Running back

Sophomore Kewan Lacy has averaged 115.2 yards per game rushing since the Rebels’ last bye week and has scored a whopping 11 touchdowns in those six games. Lacy has 691 yards in the last six games and is third nationally with 1,136 yards. He leads the nation with his school single-season record 19 rushing touchdowns. Quite simply, he has been one of the best running backs in college football and has a been a key reason why the Rebels have won some of their close games.

Grade: A

Wide receivers/tight ends

Perhaps the most impressive part about the Ole Miss receiving corps is that, despite the Rebels averaging 305.1 passing yards per game (sixth nationally), they do not have a receiver with more than 650 receiving yards. They do, however, have five receivers with at least 460 yards. Senior Harrison Wallace III leads Ole Miss with 647 receiving yards but has averaged 47.7 yards per game in the last six. Over that span, senior De’Zhaun Stribling is averaging 53.4 receiving yards per game (he averaged 29.2 yards the first five games), and true freshman Winston Watkins is averaging 41.3 yards per game. Add in the always reliable junior receiver Cayden Lee (460 yards in 2025) and Mackey Award candidate senior tight end Dae’Quan Wright (485 yards), and you have one of the best receiving rooms in college football. If one player isn’t putting up huge numbers, it doesn’t really seem to matter because someone else probably is.

Grade: A

Offensive line

The Rebels’ offensive line was playing as well as any heading into The Citadel game: Ole Miss had surrendered four total sacks against Washington State, Georgia, Oklahoma and South Carolina – three of those coming versus the Cougars alone. In wins over The Citadel and Florida, however, the Rebels gave up eight sacks. Ole Miss is still surrendering just 1.45 sacks per game, which is 36th nationally. But the last two games haven’t been the Rebels’ best.

Grade: B