AUTiger789

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Win the next two games and we'll have our seat at the table.

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One title run (if that even were to happen) doesn’t offset 60 seasons of well below mediocrity performance.

Since 1964 (62 seasons), Ole Miss has zero titles of any sort and ranks 37th nationally in weekly AP Top 25 appearances…. That’s good enough for 12th among current SEC programs, and it’s behind programs like Stanford, Pitt, and North Carolina.

A national title is a big deal for sure, but it’s not enough to erase a 62-year performance like that…. Not close.

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2) Which of these programs do you consider elite?

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Never answerd this part. Here’s how I see it:

True Blue Bloods:
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Oklahoma
4. Notre Dame

Elites
5. Michigan
6. USC
7. Georgia
8. LSU
9. Texas
10. Nebraska
11. Florida State
12. Penn State
13. Miami
14. Florida
15. Clemson
16. Tennessee
17. Auburn

There is a giant gap between the Top 17 and everyone else… Clemson used to be outside the group of elites, but two recent national titles and several other Top 5 finishes pushed them well in.

For this next group, one national title would not get them into the Top 17… it would take at least two for any of these to join that group…

The Next in Line
18. Michigan State
19. UCLA
20. Washington
21. Oregon
22. Texas A&M
23. Wisconsin
24. TCU
25. Arkansas
26. Ole Miss
27. Iowa
28. Minnesota
29. Georgia Tech
30. Pittsburgh

As discussed, Ole Miss and Oregonwill both be moving up a notch or two.

For Ole Miss to get back to Big 6 status, they are going to need to string together several more great seasons… there’s a lot of catching up to do.

Excluding the newby expansion teams…

All-Time SEC Win%
.722- Alabama
.634- Georgia
.601- Tennessee
.592- LSU
.575- Florida
.542- Auburn
.491- Ole Miss

At 297-308-15, Ole Miss is still below .500 all-time.

All-Time Weeks in AP Poll
4. Alabama- 906
10. Georgia- 694
11. LSU- 686
12. Tennessee- 649
13. Florida- 648
14. Auburn- 604
21. Arkansas- 432
26. Ole Miss- 366

The gap between the real Big 6 and Ole Miss is absolutely enormous in that stat.

SEC Championships
30- Alabama
16- Georgia
13- Tennessee
12- LSU
8- Auburn
8- Florida
6- Ole Miss

Not too far behind, but still two titles away from Auburn’s and Florida’s totals…. And not having won one since 1963 doesn’t instill much confidence that that gap can be closed anytime soon.

National Titles
13- Alabama
4- LSU
3- Georgia
3- Florida
2- Auburn
2- Tennessee

Zero for Ole Miss… that’s a problem. Two more wins this season and you can notch one though.

Winning % Against the Big 6:
.500- vs. Florida (13-13-1)
.405- vs. LSU (43-64-4)
.315- vs. Tennessee (20-44-1)
.310- vs. Georgia (15-34-1)
.255- vs. Auburn (12-35-0)
.164- vs. Alabama (10-55-2)
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.320- vs. The Big 6 (113-245-9)

That’s bad. Every current Big 6 member is up over 45% all-time against the other teams in the group. Ole Miss would have to win 66 consecutive games against the Big 6 without losing any just to get to 45%. Not happening.

Here’s the deal…. Ole Miss is fortunate to have an ancient history that won them six titles back before most anyone alive today can remember…. That helps. But a few good seasons (with zero titles of any form so far) aren’t going to make up for a 60-year period that Ole Miss failed to win any championships of any kind and mostly suffered losing seasons.

To join those other six, Ole Miss would at least need to win a couple national titles… a few modern day SEC titles… and would probably need to string together another 10-20 seasons of Top 10 or 15 finishes to get somewhat in the discussion.

Thats the thing about the Big 6… 1, 2, or even 10 seasons doesn’t get you in the club and they also don t cause you to fall out. The status quo was mostly established over a century of time.

Just pulled the trigger and bought four tickets. I hope to see a lot of orange in the stands.

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After the game? Probably 100% Indiana

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Yeah but the stadium was still full.

W/L record also shown in ( )

+111 Georgia (9-2)
+92 Vanderbilt (7-3)
+78 Texas A&M (8-2)
+68 Ole Miss (8-1)
+29 Texas (7-3)
+26 Alabama (9-4)
+25 Oklahoma (7-3)
+22 Tennessee (5-5)
+14 Missouri (5-5)
-26 LSU (4-6)
-27 Auburn (2-7)
-65 South Carolina (2-8)
-82 Florida (3-7)
-92 Miss State (2-7)
-97 Arkansas (0-9)
-106 Kentucky (2-7)

As far as the rest of the P4 teams… Here are the Top 5 nationally:

+280 Indiana (11-0)
+248 Texas Tech (9-2)
+240 Ohio State (10-2)
+233 Notre Dame (8-2)
+223 Oregon (10-1)

Here are the bottom 5 teams…

-154 Wisconsin (2-8)
-156 Colorado (1-9)
-205 Purdue (0-10)
-226 Syracuse (1-9)
-243 Oklahoma State (0-10)

After failing to reach the title game the past two seasons, it was pretty much over already… but had Georgia come back this season to win their 3rd in five seasons it would have proven the dynasty wasn’t dead.

It’s now officially dead… if there is even such a thing as a two-year dynasty.

Bama’s last few games:

280 total yards vs Auburn
209 total yards vs Georgia
260 total yards vs Oklahoma
193 total yards vs Indiana

Average of just 235 yards per game in the final four weeks.

“Always”

Yet the only BIG10 national championships since 1980:

1997: Michigan
2002: Ohio State
2014: Ohio State
2023: Michigan
2024: Ohio State

Just 5 titles… from just two programs.

Meanwhile titles won by the SEC since 1980:

1980: Georgia
1992: Alabama
1996: Florida
1998: Tennessee
2003: LSU
2006: Florida
2007: LSU
2008: Florida
2009: Alabama
2010: Auburn
2011: Alabama
2012: Alabama
2015: Alabama
2017: Alabama
2020: Alabama
2023: Georgia

Sixteen titles won by six different programs.

I feel like anywhere in the French Quarter probably has rats. I avoid that area if at all possible.

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Auburn has been ranked #1 in the AP poll for 9 weeks total.

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Yeah but that’s misleading. In 2010, Auburn was without a doubt the best team, and we went 14-0. We only made it to #1 in the final two poll releases. We can’t help that the voters got it wrong for the first 14 polls.

Same thing happened in 1957. Took voters 11 weeks to finally put undefeated Auburn at #1 where they would ultimately finish.