Ole Miss football: Way-too-early game-by-game predictions for 2023

Oct 15, 2022; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Mississippi Rebels wide receiver Dayton Wade (19) reacts with quarterback Jaxson Dart (2) and running back Zach Evans (6) after a touchdown against the Auburn Tigers during the first quarter at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2022; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Mississippi Rebels wide receiver Dayton Wade (19) reacts with quarterback Jaxson Dart (2) and running back Zach Evans (6) after a touchdown against the Auburn Tigers during the first quarter at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
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Nov 24, 2022; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Ole Miss Rebels quarterback Jaxson Dart (2) moves in the pocket while defended by Mississippi State Bulldogs defensive end Randy Charlton (5) during the second quarter at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 24, 2022; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Ole Miss Rebels quarterback Jaxson Dart (2) moves in the pocket while defended by Mississippi State Bulldogs defensive end Randy Charlton (5) during the second quarter at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports

This one doesn’t need much of an explanation, but the Rebels are going to pick up win No. 9 here in the annual SEC “off-week” in which teams from the conference play Group of Five teams before the season finale.

Ole Miss will get a nice confidence-booster heading into the Egg Bowl and it desperately needs a win there after last year.

Prediction: Win (9-2)

Gone is Mike Leach which is going to be both weird and incredibly sad as the college football world lost him this offseason suddenly.

The Egg Bowl will have a different feel to it, but there will still be that intensity on the Thanksgiving Day game. Ole Miss lost last year at home in shocking fashion but I think it gets some revenge here.

Ole Miss beats Mississippi State to end the regular season with 10 wins for the second time in three years.

Prediction: Win (10-2, 6-2)