Alabama at Mississippi

This is a key SEC battle with the Alabama Crimson Tide at 9-3, heading to Ole Miss who is 10-3 on the season. This will be a battle of reality for these teams with the winner maintaining contender status in the SEC, with the loser perhaps wondering if they are good enough to compete at the top of the league. Ole Miss had everything set up with seven straight wins, a boatload of confidence and playing a measuring stick game vs. Kentucky last time out. However, the wind was quickly taken from their sails as they were buried by 22 points. That has to take a lot of emotion out of this team that put everything they had into that one, thought they were there, and were blown out, so could be feeling their oats against Alabama. The Tide is off a pair of easy touches, and owns wins vs. Notre Dame and Wichita State, and seems to be a step ahead of Ole Miss at this point. The points look to be a bonus in a game they are capable of winning. Make your play on Alabama.