Oklahoma football stumbled in the top 25 rankings after falling to Ole Miss on Saturday. Here's where the blame lies.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/olemiss as National Analyst Predicts Polarizing 12-Team Playoff Including Ole Miss, Oregon, USF. The Ole Miss Rebels remain in headlines this week with the program in Oxford knocking on the door of the its first College Football Playoff appearance in school history.

No. 8 Ole Miss snapped a nine-game road losing streak against ranked opponents on Saturday with a dramatic 34-26 win at No. 13 Oklahoma that keeps the Rebels in prime position to reach the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history.

The Ole Miss defensive line had a strong argument as the best in the entire country, and they managed to record a staggering 52 sacks, which was the top number in all of college football. The 2025 version has not been nearly as productive in that department,

Learn which TV channel or how to live stream the Oklahoma Sooners vs. Ole Miss Rebels game, Saturday, Oct. 25.

Welp, the Rebels did what apparently no one thought they could do. Ole Miss has yet to lose to Oklahoma in football ever and now can boast winning one in Norman on top of it. Oklahoma’s playoff dreams likely died on Saturday as their schedule is much harder than the Rebels’ down the stretch.