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By Rowan Fisher-Shotton
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Ole Miss' season is fading quickly.
After winning five of their first six games, including ranked wins over then-No. 24 Louisville, No. 7 LSU, and No. 13 Missouri, the Rebels have now lost two of their last three contests, falling 34-27 at Texas and then getting blown out 42-7 by Georgia on Saturday night in Oxford. They've dropped to No. 19 overall in the latest AP poll, with remaining games at Oklahoma and at home against Wofford and Mississippi State to close out the regular season.
The Rebels are 6-3 overall and 3-3 in SEC play, set to face off against a Sooners team this upcoming Saturday that's just 5-4 and already out of the College Football Playoff race, but also just upset Florida 23-7 in Gainesville. Ole Miss has little margin for error at this point and needs to win their final three games convincingly to have a shot at the playoffs.
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Unfortunately, it looks like they're going to have to do it without two key starters, as head coach Pete Golding has already ruled out offensive lineman Patrick Kutas and running back Kewan Lacy for the Oklahoma game.
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Kutas is a fifth-year senior who transferred from Arkansas to Ole Miss before the 2025 season. He started all 15 games in his first year in Oxford, helping anchor the Rebels' high-powered offense and earning the Kent Hull Trophy by the end of the year. He's started all nine games this season, earning SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors in two of the last three weeks, but suffered an injury in last week's loss to Georgia.
Lacy, meanwhile, is still recovering from the shoulder injury he suffered in Ole Miss' loss to Texas on Oct. 24. He's missed the last two games with the Rebels, and will now be sidelined against Oklahoma, making his next chance to play against Wofford on Nov. 21, nearly a full month since the injury. Lacy came into the year on the preseason watch list for several national awards and is one of the top running backs in college football when healthy. He broke out last year with 1,567 rushing yards and 24 touchdowns on an FBS-leading 306 carries, averaging 5.1 yards per carry and earning first-team All-American honors.
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Losing two offensive starters at this stage in the season is brutal, especially when that's the part of the field that was the biggest problem against Georgia. The Rebels finished with just 186 total yards against the Bulldogs, including 66 rushing yards, averaging a horrendous 2.1 yards per carry, and scored just a single touchdown.
Georgia has the top-ranked scoring defense in the SEC, giving up just 14 points per game, and has been the stingiest against the run, allowing 83.8 rushing yards per game. But Oklahoma won't be much easier, as the Sooners are allowing just 19.2 points per game and 293.3 total yards per game, the fourth-fewest in the conference.
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