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Ole Miss enters at 9-1 with a path to the College Football Playoff still alive, and they get Florida in Oxford on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. Florida is 3-6

This is primed to be one of the biggest matchups of the weekend, and it has little to do with what happens on the field. The Florida Gators fired head coach Billy Napier and have yet to win a game, going 0-2 since Billy Gonzales took over as interim head coach.

The 7th-ranked Ole Miss Rebels are back at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Saturday night for a Southeastern Conference clash with the Florida Gators.

Sixth-ranked Mississippi hopes to avoid a repeat of a Florida loss a year ago that relegated the Rebels to being the “first team out” of the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Milton (Fla.) four-star safety Kaiden Hall will make his way to Oxford this weekend for an official visit with Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels, according to

Florida football defensive lineman Caleb Banks, who has been out for most of the season with a foot injury, was upgraded to doubtful for Ole Miss in UF's initial SEC Availability Report on Nov. 12.