Pete Golding and the Ole Miss Rebels staff have been working the phone lines across the last 48 hours with the Early Signing Period officially arriving this wee

Walker Jones felt so many emotions over the weekend. Satisfaction at Ole Miss likely reaching the College Football Playoff for the first time. Joy at doing it with a dominant win over rival Mississippi State, its fourth in five years under coach Lane Kiffin.

Starting center Brycen Sanders and other Ole Miss players contradicted Lane Kiffin's claim that players requested he remain as head coach through the playoffs.

Ole Miss football coach Pete Golding will have his introductory press conference Dec. 3 at 2 p.m., the university announced.

Ole Miss lost a coach but gained in the College Football Rankings, moving up a spot to No. 6 despite the sudden departure of Lane Kiffin to LSU.

Ole Miss and Alabama were among the teams to rise in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, while Notre Dame fell, the committee announced.