Saturday, December 6, 2025

Lane Kiffin Departs Mississippi for LSU

Lane Kiffin has been hired as the next head football coach at LSU.  For the past six seasons Kiffin was at the helm of the Mississippi Rebels football program.  Following the production rank chart below is a short overview of the Mississippi Rebels football program during his tenure as head football coach based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

Lane Kiffin [2020-2025] 

2020
The Rebels finished the COVID-19 regular season at 4-5 making and they played in a post-season bowl game where they defeated #39 ranked Indiana by a score of (26-20) to finish the season at 5-5 overall.  The Rebels played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the average SOS for the "league". Mississippi's best regular season win was against #65 ranked Kentucky by a score of (42-41) and their worst regular season loss was to #71 ranked LSU by a score of (48-53).  Mississippi was the #60 ranked team overall, with the #15 ranked offense and the #126 ranked defense from the the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.
 
2021
The Rebels finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible where they defeated #13 ranked Baylor by a score of (7-21) to finish the season at 10-3 overall.  The Rebels played against a “tougher” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was between one and two standard deviations lower than the average SOS for the "league". Mississippi's best regular season win was against #20 ranked Arkansas by a score of (52-51) and their worst regular season loss was to #51 ranked Auburn by a score of (20-31).  Mississippi was the #26 ranked team overall, with the #15 ranked offense and the #64 ranked defense from the the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.
 
2022
The Rebels finished the regular season at 8-4 making them post-season bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #72 ranked Texas Tech by a score of (25-42) to finish the season at 8-5 overall. The Rebels played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS). Mississippi's best win was against #20 ranked Troy by a score of (28-10) and their worst regular season loss was to #74 ranked Arkansas by a score of (27-42).  Mississippi was the #19 ranked team overall, with the #12 ranked offense and the #65 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

2023
The Rebels finished the regular season at 10-2 making them bowl eligible where they defeated #6 ranked Penn State by a score of (38-25) to finish the season at 11-2 overall.  The Rebels played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS). Mississippi's best regular season win was against #12 ranked LSU by a score of (55-49) and their worst regular season loss was to #11 ranked Alabama by a score of (10-24).  Mississippi was the #24 ranked team overall, with the #24 ranked offense and the #50 ranked defense from the the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.
 
2024
The Rebels finished the regular season at 9-3 making them bowl eligible where they defeated #68 ranked Duke by a score of (52-20) to finish the season at 10-3 overall.  The Rebels played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS). Mississippi's best regular season win was against #15 ranked Georgia by a score of (28-10) and their worst regular season loss was to #98 ranked Kentucky by a score of (17-20).  Mississippi was the #4 ranked team overall, with the #8 ranked offense and the #8 ranked defense from the the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.
 
2025
The Rebels were 11-1 at the time of Kiffin's departure. The Rebels played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS) to this point in the season. Mississippi's best win was against #24 ranked Oklahoma by a score of (34-26) and their only regular season loss was to #11 ranked Georgia by a score of (35-43).  Mississippi was the #13 ranked team overall, with the #12 ranked offense and the #38 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

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