After getting blown out by Florida earlier in the month and then getting worked on the road by Memphis of the American Athletic Conference last week, Ole Miss was down.
It wasn't out, despite injuries to defensive linemen Robert Nkemdiche and Isaac Gross, linebacker C.J. Johnson, safety Tony Conner and center Robert Conyers.
With a head-to-head win over Alabama in hand and a game looming on Nov. 21 with undefeated LSU, the Rebels entered Saturday night's matchup with Texas A&M in Oxford in control of their own SEC West destiny.
To celebrate, they controlled the game for a full 60 minutes in a 23-3 win over the Aggies.