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College Football Playoff

Playoff First Round

Saturday, December 20, 2025 | 3:30 p.m. ET No. 11 Seed Tulane at No. 6 Seed Ole Miss Vaught-Hemingway Stadium | Oxford, Mississippi
No. 6 seed Ole Miss will host No. 11 seed Tulane on Saturday, December 20 at 3:30 p.m. ET. The game will be televised by TNT and truTV.

This will mark the first appearance in the College Football Playoff for both the Rebels and Green Wave.

Ole Miss leads the series 43-28 overall, as the teams first met in 1893. The Rebels won the last meeting, 45-10, earlier this season in Oxford.


NO. 11 SEED TULANE

NO. 6 SEED OLE MISS


ABOUT THE GREEN WAVE
2025-26 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date Opponent Score
Aug. 30 Northwestern W 23-3
Sept. 6 at South Alabama W 33-31
Sept. 13 Duke W 34-27
Sept. 20 at Ole Miss L 10-45
Sept. 27 at Tulsa W 31-14
Oct. 9 East Carolina W 26-19
Oct. 18 Army W 24-17
Oct. 30 at UTSA L 26-48
Nov. 7 at Memphis W 38-32
Nov. 15 Florida Atlantic W 35-24
Nov. 22 at Temple W 37-13
Nov. 29 Charlotte W 27-0
Dec. 5 North Texas W 34-21
Dec. 20 at Ole Miss TBD
MEDIA COVERAGE
TULANE IN THE POSTSEASON (7-10)
Date Bowl Opponent Score
Jan. 1, 1932 Rose USC L 21-12
Jan. 1, 1935 Sugar Temple W 20-14
Jan. 1, 1940 Sugar Texas A&M L 14-13
Dec. 12, 1970 Liberty Colorado W 17-3
Dec. 29, 1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Houston L 47-7
Dec. 22, 1979 Liberty Penn State L 9-6
Dec. 27, 1980 Hall of Fame Arkansas L 34-15
Dec. 19, 1987 Independence Washington L 24-12
Dec. 31, 1998 Liberty BYU W 41-27
Dec. 25, 2002 Hawaii Hawaii W 36-28
Dec. 21, 2013 New Orleans Louisiana L 24-21
Dec. 15, 2018 Cure Louisiana W 41-24
Jan. 24, 2020 Armed Forces Southern Miss W 30-13
Dec. 22, 2020 Idaho Potato Nevada L 38-27
Jan. 2, 2023 Cotton USC W 46-45
Dec. 27, 2023 Military Virginia Tech L 41-20
Dec. 20, 2024 Gasparilla Florida L 33-8
Dec. 20, 2025 CFP First Round at Ole Miss TBD
ABOUT THE REBELS
2025-26 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date Opponent Score
Aug. 30 Georgia State W 63-7
Sept. 6 at Kentucky W 30-23
Sept. 13 Arkansas W 41-35
Sept. 20 Tulane W 45-10
Sept. 27 LSU W 24-19
Oct. 11 Washington State W 24-21
Oct. 18 at Georgia L 35-43
Oct. 25 at Oklahoma W 34-26
Nov. 1 South Carolina W 30-14
Nov. 8 The Citadel W 49-0
Nov. 15 Florida W 34-24
Nov. 28 at Mississippi State W 38-19
Dec. 20 Alabama Tulane
MEDIA COVERAGE
OLE MISS IN THE POSTSEASON (26-15)
Date Bowl Opponent Score
Jan. 1, 1936 Orange Catholic U L 19-20
Jan. 1, 1948 Delta TCU W 13-9
Jan. 1, 1953 Sugar Georgia Tech L 7-24
Jan. 1, 1955 Sugar Navy L 0-21
Jan. 2, 1956 Cotton TCU W 14-13
Jan. 1, 1958 Sugar Texas W 39-7
Dec. 27, 1958 Gator Florida W 7-3
Jan. 1, 1960 Sugar LSU W 21-0
Jan. 2, 1961 Sugar Rice W 14-6
Jan. 1, 1962 Cotton Texas L 7-12
Jan. 1, 1963 Sugar Arkansas W 17-13
Jan. 1, 1964 Sugar Alabama L 7-12
Dec. 19, 1964 Bluebonnet Tulsa L 7-14
Dec. 18, 1965 Liberty Auburn W 13-7
Dec. 17, 1966 Bluebonnet Texas L 0-19
Dec. 30, 1967 Sun UTEP L 7-14
Dec. 14, 1968 Liberty Virginia Tech W 34-17
Jan. 1, 1970 Sugar Arkansas W 27-22
Jan. 2, 1971 Gator Auburn L 28-35
Dec. 30, 1971 Peach Georgia Tech W 41-18
Dec. 10, 1983 Independence Air Force L 3-9
Dec. 20, 1986 Independence Texas Tech W 20-17
Dec. 28, 1989 Liberty Air Force W 42-29
Jan. 1, 1991 Gator Michigan L 3-35
Dec. 31, 1992 Liberty Air Force W 13-0
Dec. 26, 1997 Motor City Marshall W 34-31
Dec. 31, 1998 Independence Texas Tech W 35-18
Dec. 31, 1999 Independence Oklahoma W 27-25
Dec. 28, 2000 Music City West Virginia L 38-49
Dec. 27, 2002 Independence Nebraska W 27-23
Jan. 2, 2004 Cotton Oklahoma State W 31-28
Jan. 2, 2009 Cotton Texas Tech W 47-34
Jan. 2, 2010 Cotton Oklahoma State W 21-7
Jan. 5, 2013 BBVA Compass* Pittsburgh W 38-17
Dec. 30, 2013 Music City Georgia Tech W 25-17
Dec. 31, 2014 Peach TCU L 3-42
Jan. 1, 2016 Sugar Oklahoma State W 48-20
Jan. 2, 2021 Outback Indiana W 26-20
Jan. 1, 2022 Sugar Baylor L 7-21
Dec. 28, 2022 Texas Texas Tech L 25-42
Dec. 30, 2023 Peach Penn State W 38-25
Jan. 2, 2025 Gator Duke W 52-20
Dec. 20, 2025 CFP First Round Tulane TBD

* - Win later vacated due to NCAA ruling