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Ole Miss fell to the Georgia Bulldogs last Saturday, 42-7, dropping the Rebels to 6-3 overall and 4-3 in SEC play.
Any defeat would have hurt their chances of making the College Football Playoff at this stage of the season, but losing by nearly 40 points at home is a really bad look, especially to a conference opponent.
The Rebels have three games remaining: at Oklahoma, against Wofford, and versus Mississippi State, all of which they'll have to win just for a shot at sneaking into the CFP. ESPN's Allstate Playoff Predictor gives Ole Miss just a 37% chance of making the playoffs after the loss to Georgia.
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But on Tuesday, the Rebels did pick up a notable win, securing the top-rated wide receiver prospect in the state of Mississippi in the 2029 class, Matthew Fletcher.
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Fletcher is a big 6-foot-3, 200-pound sophomore from Clinton High School in Mississippi, with scouts pointing to his rare physical tools that made him such a highly coveted prospect. A three-star recruit, he chose Ole Miss over more than a dozen offers from top programs across college football, including LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Florida, among others. He drew a Rivals rating of 88 and was ranked as the No. 21 overall prospect in the country at his position.
It's still too early to tell how the rest of Ole Miss' 2029 recruiting class will shape out, but they currently have the No. 13-ranked 2027 class by 247Sports with 23 total commits, headlined by four-star defensive lineman Mitchell Turner, and the No. 6-ranked 2028 class with four commits, led by four-star safety Giovanni Tuggle.
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Fletcher's early commitment shows Pete Golding is still earning the trust of top recruits around the country. Golding led the Rebels through the playoffs last season after Lane Kiffin left for LSU, taking Ole Miss all the way to the CFP semifinals. Now, he's on the verge of another winning season and continuing to attract some of the nation's top prospects as the Rebels build toward the future. Golding signed a five-year, $35 million contract with Ole Miss in July, keeping him in Oxford through the 2030 season.
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