Last year, Ole Miss pulled off an upset over Georgia — and found itself still on the outside of the 12-team College Football Playoff.
Lane Kiffin’s squad entered that game with two losses: Ole Miss was upset at home by an unranked Kentucky team and collapsed late at LSU. Georgia’s defeat also gave the Bulldogs two losses, depriving both teams of any more margin for error. Georgia ran the table from there, won the SEC and earned the No. 2 seed in the Playoff field. Ole Miss suffered a late-season loss to Florida that effectively doomed its Playoff hopes.
Could the loser of this game also rebound to make the Playoff? It seems likely — Ole Miss enters this one at 6-0, while Georgia, like last year, has a loss to Alabama as the only blemish on its resume. Here’s how Austin Mock’s College Football Playoff forecast model would be impacted by either result today:
IF Ole Miss beats Georgia:
Ole Miss CFP odds: 92 percentGeorgia CFP odds: 50 percent
IF Georgia beats Ole Miss:
Ole Miss CFP odds: 63 percentGeorgia CFP odds: 81 percent
As you can see above, whoever loses today will still be in good shape, with at least a 50 percent chance of getting into the Playoff.