The Mississippi Rebels are traveling to face the Florida St Seminoles in an NCAA college football game slated for Monday night.
Start Time: 8PM ET
Location: Orlando Florida
TV: ESPN
College Football Point Spread Odds: Florida St -4
Money Line: Florida St -190 odds and Mississippi +165 odds
Over Under Total: 57 points
Notes: Ole Miss concluded play in 2015 with a record of 10-3. They played in the Sugar Bowl and crushed Oklahoma St by the score of 48-20. Hugh Freeze returns for his fifth year as head coach of the program. Freeze will have only five starters on offense and defense. Quarterback Chad Kelly returns for his senior season. Kelly completed 65% of his throws a season ago for 4042 yards with 31 touchdowns and 13 picks. He rushed for 509 yards and ten touchdowns. His top target and running back have exited the program. The Rebels were eighth best in the nation in scoring offense by averaging 40.8 points per game. Passing defense was a sore spot for the program as the Rebels surrendered 258 yards through the air a season ago ranking 105th in all of college football.
Following their 2014 national championship the Florida St Seminoles finished off play a year ago with a record of 10-3. The earned a trip to the Peach Bowl where they were beaten 38-24 to the Houston Cougars. Jimbo Fisher returns for his seventh year as the head coach and will have 11 starters back on offense and six to the defense. The team is expected to start freshman DeOndre Francois at quarterback. Fortunately, the inexperienced stops there because Francois will have all the 2015 playmakers back. Dalvin Cook a junior back rushed for 1691 yards with 19 touchdowns and 7.4 yards per carry average. Florida St was solid defensively ranking 9th in points allowed by surrendering just 17.5 points per game. They were the 51st ranked offense as the team netted 424 yards per game.
