Those complementary elements conspired to create a seismic shakeup of the playoff landscape. Florida’s 24-17 upset of No. 9 Ole Miss clinched a bowl berth for the hosts (6-5, 4-4 SEC) and knocked the Rebels (8-3, 4-3) from playoff contention.

Ole Miss (8-3, 4-3 SEC) fell to Florida 24-17 in Gainesville, likely knocking the Rebels out of the College Football Playoff conversation. Ole Miss was 3-of-14 on third downs and 2-of-4 on fourth downs and failed to score a touchdown while in the red zone on the afternoon.

Florida football pulled off its second-straight upset of a top-25 team — both Southeastern Conference peers, no less — over the Ole Miss Rebels inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, giving the Gators their sixth win of the 2024 campaign and ostensibly clinching a postseason appearance.

Florida took on the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday and pulled off the upset win inside the Swamp in Gainesville, Florida. Florida’s rushing attack helped the Gators top the Rebels

DJ Lagway threw two touchdown passes, Montrell Johnson ran for 127 yards and a score, and Florida upset No. 9 Mississippi 24-17 on Saturday to knock the Rebels out of College Football Playoff contention.

The turning point for Billy Napier's team came during the first bye week of the season, and since then it's been a crescendo of a season building up to back-to-back wins against ranked opponents. Napier spoke to the media after the second of those wins,