Game of the week

LSU at No. 12 Ole Miss 2:30 p.m. Central, CBS WHERE Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss.

RECORDS LSU 4-3, Ole Miss 5-1

LINE Ole Miss is favored by 91/2 points

The Rebels are looking to break a five-game losing streak to the Tigers.

Ole Miss last beat LSU 38-17 in 2015 in Oxford.

It is LSU’s first game since it was announced that Tigers Coach Ed Orgeron won’t be retained after this season ends.

Maybe ending the speculation about Orgeron’s job status moving forward will help the Tigers relax and play loose.

Despite missing several key players because of injuries, LSU showed it still has a lot of talent with last week’s 4942 victory over Florida.

Orgeron and Ole Miss Coach Lane Kiffin worked together as assistants on Pete Carroll’s staff at Southern Cal.

When Orgeron got the LSU job after the 2016 season and had his “interim coach” tag removed, there was speculation Kiffin might leave Alabama — where he had been offensive coordinator for three seasons — and take the same job with Orgeron. Instead, Kiffin became the coach at Florida Atlantic.