Ole Miss Football 2026 Schedule Unveiled
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss football now has its entire slate for the 2026 season following a primetime unveiling on SEC Network on Thursday night.
As announced yesterday, the Rebels will open the season either Sat., Sept. 5 or Sun., Sept. 6 with a neutral site matchup against Louisville at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Ole Miss returns to Vaught-Hemingway the following week to open its home season, first with Charlotte on Sept. 12 and then with its SEC opener against LSU on Sept. 19.
The Rebels then go on a two-game road stretch to Florida on Sept. 26 and then to Vanderbilt on Oct. 10 following a bye week. Ole Miss then welcomes in Missouri for the first time since 2013 on Oct. 17 before heading to Austin to take on the Texas Longhorns on Oct. 24 – the Rebels’ first trip there also since 2013.
A Halloween tilt against Auburn awaits Ole Miss at home to close out October, as November opens with the Georgia Bulldogs coming to town on Nov. 7.
Ole Miss makes a back-to-back return trip to Norman to take on Oklahoma on Nov. 14 before returning home for a non-conference matchup against Wofford on Nov. 21.
The Rebels will close the regular season with the annual Battle for the Golden Egg in Oxford on Sat., Nov. 28.
As announced back in September, the 2026 season will be the first to feature nine conference games. In the new format, each SEC school will play every other SEC school at least once every two years, and every opponent home and away over four years. Included are three annual opponents, while the remaining six games rotate among the remaining conference schools. Ole Miss’ annual opponents through 2029 are LSU, Mississippi State and Oklahoma.
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2026 Ole Miss Football Schedule
Sat., Sept. 5 or Sun., Sept. 6 – vs. Louisville – Nashville, Tenn. (Nissan Stadium)
Sat., Sept. 12 – vs. Charlotte – Oxford, Miss.
Sat., Sept. 19 – vs. LSU – Oxford, Miss.
Sat., Sept. 26 – at Florida – Gainesville, Fla.
Sat., Oct. 10 – at Vanderbilt – Nashville, Tenn.
Sat., Oct. 17 – vs. Missouri – Oxford, Miss.
Sat., Oct. 24 – at Texas – Austin, Texas
Sat., Oct. 31 – vs. Auburn – Oxford, Miss.
Sat., Nov. 7 – vs. Georgia – Oxford, Miss.
Sat., Nov. 14 – at Oklahoma – Norman, Okla.
Sat., Nov. 21 – vs. Wofford – Oxford, Miss.
Sat., Nov. 28 – vs. Mississippi State – Oxford, Miss.
-Courtesy of Ole Miss Athletics
Adam Brown
Adam Brown joins The Rebel Walk as the Managing Editor after being on the Ole Miss beat as a Sports Editor for over 11 years. He is a lifelong Oxford resident. Brown graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Prior to The Rebel Walk, Brown was the sports editor of HottyToddy.com covering every Ole Miss sport and local high school sports in the community.
