Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels remain firmly in the College Football Playoff race after earning a statement win over the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. No.

The Ole Miss Rebels kept their College Football Playoff hopes very much alive on Saturday with a hard-fought 34-26 victory over No. 13 Oklahoma. But once the final whistle blew, it wasn't just the scoreboard grabbing attention.

J'Koby Williams returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and took a short pass 26 yards for a score on Texas Tech's first play, jump-starting the No. 14 Red Raiders' 42-0 victory over Oklahoma State.

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OU football hosts Ole Miss at 11 a.m. Saturday at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Follow along for live updates.

Oklahoma general manager Jim Nagy ranks in the top 10 of GM salaries amongst college programs across the country. USA Today assembled the salaries of football general managers across college football, and Nagy’s $750,000 salary in 2025 ranks eighth in the nation.

The verdict: Fiction. Honestly, Illinois’ resume isn’t far too different from that of Notre Dame, which is being widely viewed as a Playoff team. USC is the best win for each of them. And their losses are against top-10 teams — No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana for the Illini, and No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 9 Miami for the Fighting Irish.

Compounding everything is that programs of all sizes have asked their boosters to fund rosters, and that brings new expectations. It's one thing to absorb a perceived bad loss when you've paid for a ticket to the game. It's another when you're helping to pay the quarterback. Rolled heads are demanded, ASAP.