Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels (6-0, 3-0 SEC) remain at the forefront of the National Championship conversation after jumping out to an unbeaten start to the 2025 season.

No. 5 Ole Miss has captured America's attention with a strong start, including a win over the LSU Tigers, to elevate their chances at reaching the College Football Playoff.

For Kiffin, the message is clear for the Ole Miss program: Avoid the outside noise and remain focused on each week.

The "1-0 message" continues this week with a challenging task against Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens.

"Kirby does an amazing job over time of winning close games and winning in different styles depending on what's going on," Kiffin said. "It's why he's one of the greatest coaches ever.

"You are talking about, what are we at, the sixth year now? The last time they lost in the regular season to a team not in Alabama or now Ole Miss is Florida in 2020, if I remember right. Think about that for a while.

"That's dominance in the hardest conference, by far, to be dominant in. That's coaching really well. A lot of good players, but coaching really well in situations and being really hard to beat."

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"Kirby's done a good job for a while with his teams. Even if you go back to Alabama last year, how that game started and then their comeback. I think, you know, he just does a really good job of, even as you watch him coach on the sidelines, you can't really tell what the score is.

"He's so into it and his teams play that way. And they overcame the adversity of playing in one of the hardest night places to play in Auburn just last Saturday. So, they do a really, rally good job of not panicking."

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