Ole Miss·SEC

2020 — The 2020 Season

Ole Miss's 2020 season (5-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 5-5
Final result Bowl season Won the Outback Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +5.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Florida 35-51 W @ Kentucky 42-41 L vs Alabama 48-63 L @ Arkansas 21-33 L vs Auburn 28-35 W @ Vander 54-21 W vs S Caro 59-42 W vs Miss St 31-24 L @ LSU 48-53 W @ Indiana 26-20 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Ole Miss 54, Vanderbilt 21. A 33-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Ole Miss 35, Florida 51. A 16-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Ole Miss beat Indiana 26-20 in the postseason.

"Hotty Toddy"
— Ole Miss fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for Ole Miss — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.