The No. 5 Ole Miss Rebels (20-2, 2-1) will enter Thursday’s matchup against No. 12 Texas A&M (18-4, 1-2) leading the country with those 20 wins on the season. At the same time last year, the Rebs were 14-7, far off the pace the 2018 version has set. Plus, it didn’t take a scout to see the problems developing with the lineup last season. This year, however, something is different and it isn’t just the Rebels being ranked in the top five again for the first time since 2008.
Let’s compare last year’s numbers at years end with what we have seen thus far (not exactly apples to apples but go with me.