![]() ![]() The last time both these teams were ranked coming into the game was 1958. The Rebels have trailed a total of 3:52 this season, all against Tulsa. Ole Miss comes off the first 10-win regular season in school history. With a victory, Kentucky would have its first road win over an SEC West team since 2009, its first nine-game winning streak since 1977, its first victory at Mississippi since 1978. Ole Miss has won 12 consecutive home games for the first time since 1964. Kentucky hasn’t been ranked this highly in 45 years. This twosome is accomplishing feats unseen in generations. LATEST RANKINGS: NC State and Tennessee rise, enter AP poll top 10 No. Something for both sides to think about as they get their rain parkas out for Saturday. Speaking of double overtime, the Wolfpack went two OTs to beat Clemson last season. ![]() The Tigers got away with that and won in double overtime. Clemson always plays with its playoff destiny on the line, and has a pass defense to tighten after leaking for 337 yards and six touchdowns through the air by Wake Forest. Now his alma mater is finally back in the top-10, and he has nine kids. The quarterback back then was Philip Rivers, and he was the father of one child. They haven’t been in the-top 10 for 20 years, either. The Wolfpack haven’t won at Clemson in 20 years. North Carolina State can prove this is its moment in the sun, even if there probably won’t be any Saturday. This is the first time in history that the teams meet with both in the top-10. So the plot thickens with the wind and rain of Ian, but it was already pretty compelling. ![]() ![]() Saturday | ABCĬould be the game of the year in the ACC with the two pre-season favorites bumping into one another, and now they might have to do it around a hurricane. There’s something to be red-outted about. Saban has dominated them even more than he has October, going 15-0 against Arkansas while at Alabama by a combined score of 626-235. And the Razorbacks won’t lack for motivation to reverse one very ugly trend. But Arkansas has also sacked the quarterback 20 times to lead the country, so there’s that. Those numbers might get a boost Saturday in Fayetteville since the Razorbacks are 126th in the nation, allowing 302 passing yards a game. The Bryce Young Heisman re-election campaign is moving along with a 68.8 percent completion rate and 13 touchdowns to go with two interceptions, aided by many helping hands 17 different Alabama players have already caught a pass this season. Arkansas has called for a fan Red Out Saturday. But that was against outmanned quarry, and now we’ll see how the Tide can roll against a ranked opponent - and when the audience is hostile, not to mention mostly dressed in one color. Presumably, many of the flaws from that 20-19 near-miss with the Longhorns - the work of the offensive line comes to mind - have been corrected, since the Tide have won their past two home games by a combined score of 118-10. When last seen in road uniforms, Alabama had to fight for its life to get out of Austin, Texas unscathed. But 53-3 might be a little tricky, so that’s where we begin with this week’s Moments of Truth. Nick Saban has owned the month, lock, stock and Halloween pumpkin, going 52-3 with the Tide. Here comes October, and that’s glad tidings in Alabama. ![]()
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