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ND will be out. Miami and Bama will jump them when all is said and done.

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Not a chance.

My guess is Ole Miss drops from 7 to 8 this week and Oklahoma jumps them.

If Alabama wins the SEC Championship, that will be the cover for dropping Ole Miss to a road game. If Georgia wins, they'll move Notre Dame up at the last ranking citing Kiffin leaving.

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Ole Miss will survive.

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Of course they will. But half their starters will be at LSU next year. Ole Miss has to hire a new coach after four teams have already finalized new hires and two have extended contracts in their own conference.

They may be forced to promote Golding or Judge, and that could work out or it could go like Arnett went in Starkville.

Byes
1 Ohio State
2 Indiana
3 Georgia
4 Texas Tech

Hosts
5 Oregon
6 Ole Miss
7 Texas A&M
8 Oklahoma

Visitors
9 Notre Dame
10 Alabama
11 ACC Champion
12 Group of 5 Rep

Bid Stealer Position

BYU (if win tomorrow + Big 12 Championship)
Arizona State (if win tonight + BYU loss + Big 12 Championship)
Michigan (if win tomorrow + B1G Championship)

Cheering for Auburn, Washington and Stanford

Utah, Texas, Miami ( I think Vandy is out)

Game just went final. Tupelo wins 21-20 on the blue turf.

Watching. That last TD was crazy. 4th and 7 in no mans land and the center snapped early. Knox ran around and found a receiver in the end zone.

Tupelo is very good, but will be playing from behind in the second half. That missed XP could come back and haunt Oxford.

State championship was supposed to be at Ole Miss, but has been moved to Starkville because Ole Miss needs their stadium. Congrats on a great season.

Saw it on another board. It’s Thanksgiving week so band just reported back this morning.

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I am willing to do the work. Do you find the schools they are interested and go their website and look to see what is available?

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I work in higher education and have done this twice for my kids and countless times for others. Here's my copy and paste guide for parents. This is for mainstream parents - if your kids are looking at elite/Ivy League schools, some of this applies but not all.

1. You have to be involved. The high school counselor has hundreds of students and is programmed to do what is easy. My guess is 80% of students leave money on the table. An involved parent is going to get more money for their child.

2. For most students, an SEC/Power 4 public state school experience where you live on campus is going to be $15-20k out of pocket. 32+ ACT can drop this significantly and <24 ACT is going to increase it. Your expectation as a parent should be to get it in that range for tuition/fees, room and board and books/supplies.

3. FAFSA is now calculated two years in advance. If your child is entering Fall of 2027 (this year's HS juniors), then your 2025 income is what counts for FAFSA. The "Cost of Attendance" that you see colleges publish is for FAFSA reasons.

4. Be cautious of allowing sports affinity to dictate everything in the college search process. "Fit" is the #1 thing you should be looking for. Just because your kids grew up Alabama fans does not make the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa the best choice for your kids' college.

5. Research the publicly available scholarship matrixes for any school your child is interested in. This will give you a good idea of what to expect as a starting point.

6. Don't ignore hidden gems because of the three S's (size, sizzle and sports). Louisiana Tech is great for Engineering. South Alabama is great for healthcare/medical.

7. Take an opportunity to visit schools when you can - even ones you aren't interested in. My child crossed UAB off her list because we drove through the University of Pittsburgh's campus. She didn't like the idea of going to college in a city scape.

8. When you take a real college visit (one where you are meeting with people), make sure you see and meet people in your desired major/department. You want to see the facilities you will be using, not just the student union. Colleges will normally be happy to set this up if you give them a little notice.

9. Initial scholarship offers are based on your six semester high school GPA (9th-11th grade). Most schools treat a 3.8 the same as a 4.0, so don't stress about that B in Physics. If you are on the border between scholarship levels, colleges will typically adjust once your final transcript is submitted.

10. For a lot of students, Dual enrollment > AP. You can get up to a year of college done in high school via dual enrollment. AP classes are great, and colleges give credit if you make a 4-5 (sometimes 3) on the AP exam, but most students fall short of the score needed for credit and all the extra work is wasted.

We are out of state and not TOPS eligible. Those scholarships went out yesterday.

No idea exactly. I’m guessing 27 based on what parents are posting.

We had a 30 and got the $24k.

It’s like $2k now but it’s there.

LSU used to waive out of state tuition for children of alumni. They got rid of that under F. King.

The out of state scholarships have been stingy while Ole Miss, Arkansas, Alabama and the Texas schools have been picking off bright Louisiana kids.

Sounds like the new regime has a new outlook. We were expecting $8000 a year and we got $26,000.