Wk 1 · 2026
Louisville Cardinals vs Ole Miss Rebels — Sun, Sep 6
Sun, Sep 6 ·
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
· ABC
ACC · no games yet
vs
7:30pET
MISS -6.5 · total 55.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential MISS by 6.4
SEC · no games yet
What is at stake
A neutral-site game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. Liberty Mutual Music City Kickoff. Louisville is ranked #24 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17). Ole Miss is ranked #9 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17).
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
no home-field adjustment at a neutral site.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Louisville form
No completed games on record.
Ole Miss form
No completed games on record.
Louisville this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Ole Miss this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Ole Miss leads 1–0 · Ole Miss won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
19.0 points toward Ole Miss
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2021-09-06 | Louisville 24 — 43 Ole Miss | neutral | Ole Miss |
Louisville leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Miller Moss QB #7 | 228/356, 2526 YDS, 14 TD, 7 INT |
| Deuce Adams QB #8 | 15/21, 112 YDS | |
| Rushing | Isaac Brown RB #1 | 91 CAR, 782 YDS, 5 TD |
| Keyjuan Brown RB #5 | 81 CAR, 592 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Braxton Jennings RB #32 | 37 CAR, 200 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Chris Bell WR #0 | 72 REC, 917 YDS, 6 TD |
| Caullin Lacy WR #5 | 54 REC, 547 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Dacari Collins WR #3 | 13 REC, 219 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Jaleel Skinner TE #18 | 20 REC, 199 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | TJ Quinn LB #34 | 87 |
| D'Angelo Hutchinson DB #21 | 79 | |
| JoJo Evans Jr. DB #27 | 56 | |
| Sacks | Clev Lubin DL #50 | 7 |
| Wesley Bailey EDGE #23 | 6 | |
| AJ Green DL #17 | 4 | |
| Interceptions | Antonio Watts DB #9 | 3 |
| TJ Quinn LB #34 | 2 | |
| Tayon Holloway DB #13 | 2 |
Ole Miss leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Trinidad Chambliss QB #6 | 218/333, 3016 YDS, 18 TD, 3 INT |
| Austin Simmons QB #13 | 41/70, 680 YDS, 4 TD, 5 INT | |
| Rushing | Kewan Lacy RB #5 | 258 CAR, 1279 YDS, 20 TD |
| Trinidad Chambliss QB #6 | 118 CAR, 470 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Logan Diggs RB #22 | 25 CAR, 168 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Harrison Wallace III WR #2 | 46 REC, 719 YDS, 3 TD |
| Deuce Alexander WR #1 | 34 REC, 577 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Cayden Lee WR #19 | 33 REC, 537 YDS, 3 TD | |
| De'Zhaun Stribling WR #1 | 38 REC, 533 YDS, 5 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | TJ Dottery LB #6 | 77 |
| Suntarine Perkins LB #4 | 64 | |
| Wydett Williams Jr. S #16 | 55 | |
| Sacks | Princewill Umanmielen DE #1 | 6.5 |
| Will Echoles DT #52 | 4.5 | |
| Kam Franklin DE #5 | 3.5 | |
| Interceptions | Wydett Williams Jr. S #16 | 3 |
| Zxavian Harris DT #51 | 1 | |
| Suntarine Perkins LB #4 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.