US EditionTulane Earns No. 11 Seed in CFP, Opens at No. 6 Ole Miss
Ole Miss earned the No. 6 seed with an 11-1 record to face No. 11 Tulane, a top conference champion, in the first-ever College Football Playoff game held in Mississippi.
- On Dec. 20, No. 6 Ole Miss Rebels football team will host No. 11 Tulane at Vaught‑Hemingway Stadium, marking Ole Miss's first CFP appearance.
- The CFP committee released the 12-team bracket on Dec. 7, placing first-round games on campus sites with Ole Miss Rebels earning home-field after an 11-1 season and Tulane Green Wave qualifying as conference champion at 11-2.
- Having met earlier this season, the rematch follows a 45-10 Ole Miss win where Trinidad Chambliss threw for 307 yards and rushed 112 while Jake Retzlaff managed 56 passing yards and 5-for-17 completions.
- Pete Golding, newly promoted Ole Miss head coach, will lead the Rebels in the playoff after Lane Kiffin left for LSU, while Charlie Weis Jr. stays briefly and Tulane's Jon Sumrall coaches despite accepting the Florida job.
- The winner will face No. 3 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 at 7 p.m., with tickets starting at $324 and prices in the lower bowl from $364 to $582, in one of Mississippi's biggest sporting events.
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