The last time Ole Miss was ranked in the top-25, it was riding a 6-0 SEC conference record and Marshall Henderson was trolling the entire league. The Rebs didn’t respond well to the accolade, dropping four of their next five games to plummet out of the rankings.
That’s what Kermit Davis’ bunch is trying to avoid on Saturday against Arkansas. After a 3-0 conference start buoyed Ole Miss to No. 18 in last week’s AP poll, an ugly offensive performance Tuesday against LSU waylaid the momentum. Unable to get inside against the Tigers’ size, the Rebs began pressing when their perimeter shots wouldn’t fall.