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Alabama vs. Ole Miss prediction roundtable with the Campus Insiders staff. Breaking down what will happen in Saturday’s matchup between the Crimson Tide and Rebels.

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The Alabama Crimson Tide open their SEC slate with a road trip to Oxford. It’s back to the scene of the crime, where two years ago the Rebels felled the Tide and effectively announced to the world that they were no longer conference doormats.

Ole Miss hopes to rekindle some of that magic and gain momentum in a season that opened with a monumental collapse against FSU. Should Hugh Freeze’s team make it three in a row against Alabama, some of the tarnish from that collapse in Orlando will be forgotten.

Alabama vs. Ole Miss Predictions

Brian Stultz

Ole Miss has won the last two meetings and Hugh Freeze is a man of the cloth and … blah blah blah. It’s a new season, and the old storylines are just that: old. Alabama wasn’t happy about the way it played last week against Western Kentucky, so expect them to be extremely focused on the task at hand. The matchup of Chad Kelly vs. the Crimson Tide defense will determine who wins this game. Will Alabama pull a second-half FSU and contain the Rebels? I expect so. Tide wins 31-23.

Dave Miller

Alabama is still working through some of its offensive line issues, so the Ole Miss defense could provide some problems for the Tide as they try to get their offense going on the ground. The major concern for Ole Miss, though, is the fact that Alabama has been generating consistent pressure on opposing quarterbacks through the first two weeks of the season. And Chad Kelly’s numbers drastically plummet when he is under fire. The Rebels don’t have much of a run game, and I don’t think they’ll have that up-tempo offense running consistently enough to make it three straight wins over the Tide.

Jeff Bartl

The last time a team beat Nick Saban three straight years he was patrolling the sidelines at Michigan State. And it’s going to stay that way. Jalen Hurts is going to have a huge game and outshine Chad Kelly, as the Crimson Tide stifle the Ole Miss quarterback and force him into a pair of interceptions. ArDarius Stewart and Calvin Ridley each haul in a touchdown pass, and ‘Bama wins this one surprisingly easily.

Jonathan Bass

This whole narrative of “Nick Saban wanting revenge” seems so trite. If it held any water, then why didn’t the Crimson Tide win last year’s matchup? Didn’t he want revenge one year after Ole Miss tore down the goalposts in Vaught-Hemingway? Alabama will win this game, but only because it’s the better, more balanced team. Expect a shootout, and another week of Saban blowing up on his assistants on the sidelines.

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