Mississippi Rebels in 2011

Mississippi will not retain the head coaching services of Houston Nutt after this season. I looked at Mississippi under head coach Nutt earlier this season. So let's take a look at how Mississippi has done this season in more detail. First, here is Mississippi's regular season schedule and results as of last weekend.

Date

Opponent

PF

PA

Venue

SOS

Result

9/3/2011

BYU

13

14

Home

72

Loss

9/10/2011

Southern Ill.

42

24

Home

121

Win

9/17/2011

Vanderbilt

7

30

Away

51

Loss

9/24/2011

Georgia

13

27

Home

24

Loss

10/1/2011

Fresno St.

38

28

Away

96

Win

10/15/2011

Alabama

7

52

Home

4

Loss

10/22/2011

Arkansas

24

29

Home

36

Loss

10/29/2011

Auburn

23

41

Away

78

Loss

11/5/2011

Kentucky

13

30

Away

105

Loss

11/12/2011

Louisiana Tech

Home

11/19/2011

LSU

Home

11/26/2011

Mississippi St.

Away

As you can see, Mississippi is currently (2-7) and (0-6 in the SEC) with wins over Southern Illinois (non-FBS school) and Fresno State (currently ranked #96 in terms of overall productivity), and losses to all six SEC schools they have played. Mississippi is currently ranked at #106 overall - which is the worst SEC ranking, but only one behind Kentucky.

What seems to be the final straw is the loss to Kentucky, a school now ranked as the #105 most production team in the nation. Given Ole Miss still faces LSU and Mississippi State (both ranked in the top 25 of the NCAA Production model), we can see that Mississippi does not expect a significant departure to their current losing trend. Oh, by the way, Louisiana Tech is currently ranked #58, so that game will not be all that easy as well.