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Ole Miss Football: A Not Too Early Look At The 2018 Football Season

By Daniel Skipper

LEXINGTON, KY - NOVEMBER 04: Matt Luke the head coach of the Mississippi Rebels watches the action against the Kentucky Wildcats at Commonwealth Stadium on November 4, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
LEXINGTON, KY - NOVEMBER 04: Matt Luke the head coach of the Mississippi Rebels watches the action against the Kentucky Wildcats at Commonwealth Stadium on November 4, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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STARKVILLE, MS – NOVEMBER 23: Mississippi Rebels players celebrate by hoisting the Egg Bowl trophy after defeating the Mississippi State Bulldogs 31-28 in an NCAA football game at Davis Wade Stadium on November 23, 2017 in Starkville, Mississippi. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images)
STARKVILLE, MS – NOVEMBER 23: Mississippi Rebels players celebrate by hoisting the Egg Bowl trophy after defeating the Mississippi State Bulldogs 31-28 in an NCAA football game at Davis Wade Stadium on November 23, 2017 in Starkville, Mississippi. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images) /

A New Season

Of course, its way too early to tell just how good this Ole Miss football team will be. However, we can look at the returning team and expect it to be as good or better than 2017. Ole Miss began the season strong and then hit a learning curve for an interim head coach and his young staff.

There were some game which Ole Miss should have won and certainly some which we could have looked better. However, the 2017 Rebels team was under the gun the whole season as a result of the cloud of impending sanctions. There were already rumors about players transferring and distractions from legal cases pertaining to the NCAA investigation.

For the Rebels to have improved as the season progressed and then finish the season at 6-6 was pretty good considering. To get that sixth win over your in-state rival in a 31-28 Egg Bowl win was priceless. This 2018 season, without the distractions, we can obviously expect this team to improve over last season. Let’s take a look at the schedule.

The 2018 Schedule

  • Sept   1, 2018     Texas Tech                            Houston, Texas
  • Sept   8, 2018     Southern Illinois                 Oxford
  • Sept 15, 2018     Alabama                                Oxford
  • Sept 22, 2018     Kent State                             Oxford
  • Sept 29, 2018     LSU                                          Baton Rouge 
  • Oct     6,  2018    Louisiana-Monroe               Oxford
  • Oct   13, 2018    Arkansas                                 Little Rock   
  • Oct   20, 2018    Auburn                                     Oxford
  • Nov    3, 2018    South Carolina                       Oxford   
  • Nov  10, 2018    Texas A&M                              College Station
  • Nov  17, 2018    Vanderbilt                                Nashville
  • Nov  22, 2018    State College                           Oxford

No this is not an easy schedule and starting right out of the gate with Texas Tech will be tough. Of course, in week three we get the national champion Crimson Tide in Oxford. The schedule really doesn’t get any easier as we travel to Baton Rouge, Little Rock, College Station and Nashville. Luckily in addition to Bama we do get Auburn, South Carolina and Miss State at home.

Next: The Future For Ole Miss

It is really difficult to look at this schedule and see what a final record could be for Ole Miss football in 2018. However with this team being able to go out and perform without a never-ending cloud of uncertainty will help them. Whether they go 6-6 again or 9-3 at least that much will be an improvement over 2017. I know many Ole Miss football fans are excited to finally move on. Of course, most of us are just ready for the season to hurry up and get here. More on 2018 to come. Hotty Toddy!

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