Before the season began, Ole Miss was regarded as a major contender, primarily because the Rebels had achieved three consecutive top-two finishes in transfer portal classes. They even concluded the season ranked as the No. 5 team in the country according to ESPN's Football Power Index.

With Ohio State's win over Notre Dame in the first National Championship of the 12-team College Football Playoff era, the Big Ten has won back-to-back national

Per SEC analyst Paul Finebaum’s imagination, that prediction points towards Texas Longhorns success in the near future, according to Finebaum’s comments earlier this week. “I would pick Steve Sarkisian,