Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekFeatured Columnist IVNovember 23, 2022
OXFORD, MS - NOVEMBER 12: Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin reacts during a college football game against the Alabama Crimson Tide on November 12, 2022 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

According to reports, Lane Kiffin assured his players that they don't have to worry about any coaching rumors as they prepare for the Mississippi State game.

Kiffin told the team that he has not accepted a job elsewhere.

Jon Sokoloff reported Monday that Kiffin is going to step down as Ole Miss' head coach on Friday to become the new coach at auburn.

A source told Low that he told the players his focus was on Mississippi State and nothing else.

According to Low, Kiffin and Hugh Freeze are seen as the favorites to be the next head coach at the University of Alabama after the firing of Bryan Harsin.

Cadillac Williams was the running backs coach when Harsin was fired. If auburn beats Alabama in the Iron Bowl on Saturday, it will become bowl eligible and be coached by Williams for the first time in his career.

Winning that game would help Williams make quite an impression if he is looking to keep the coaching job long-term, but Kiffin is a high-profile name who is familiar with the SEC West and competing against the likes of Alabama and LSU.

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He had a good time with the situation on Monday.

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Ole Miss started the season well, but things are not going well this season. After a loss to Arkansas, it is entering the Egg Bowl against Mississippi State with a 1-2 record.

The Razorbacks were in a good position at the end of the third quarter.

Since taking over at Ole Miss, Kiffin is 23-11 He was the head coach at Tennessee, USC and Florida Atlantic, as well as the Oakland Raiders, until he was fired after four games in the 2008 season.