This matchup features a pair of Top 25 teams when the 3-0 Ole Miss Rebels travel to take on the 2-1 Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday afternoon in week 4 of the college football season. 

Ole Miss enters this game with a record of 3-0 following wins at home against the Mercer Bears by a score of 73- and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets by a score of 48-23 while winning on the road against the Tulane Green Wave by a score of 37-20 while the Alabama Crimson Tide enter this game with a record of 2-1 following wins at home against the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders by a score of 56-7 and on the road against the USF Bulls by a score of 17-3 while losing at home to the Texas Longhorns by a score of 24-34. Will the Rebels improve to 4-0 on the season or will the Crimson Tide get the win at home? Let’s take a deeper dive into how these teams are performing this season.

The Ole Miss Rebels enter this game ranked 15^th in the AP Poll and 16^th in the Coaches Poll with a record of 3-0 following a 48-23 win at home against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets while covering the 17-point spread as a home favorite in week 3 of the college football season. Ole Miss scored 48 points while compiling a total of 550 yards offensively which included 251 passing yards and 299 rushing yards while allowing 23 points and 474 total yards defensively which included 307 passing yards and 167 rushing yards. Jaxson Dart led the team in passing, completing 10 of 18 attempts for 251 yards and a touchdown while also leading the team in rushing with 14 carries for 136 yards and two touchdowns. Jordan Watkins led the team in receiving, catching four of six targets for 119 yards and a touchdown.

Alabama enters this game ranked 13^th in the AP Poll and 12^th in the Coaches Poll with a record of 2-1 following a 17-3 win on the road against the USF Bulls while failing to cover the 34-point spread as a road favorite in week 3 in the college football season. The Crimson Tide scored 17 points while compiling 310 total yards offensively which included 107 passing yards and 203 rushing yards while allowing 3 points and 264 total yards defensively which included 87 passing yards and 177 rushing yards. Ty Simpson led the team in passing, completing 5 of 9 attempts for 73 yards. Roydell Williams led the team in rushing with 17 carries for 129 yards and a touchdown. CJ Dippre led the team in receiving, catching one of two targets for 45 yards.

BookMaker has the Alabama Crimson Tide listed as 7-point favorites at home against the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday afternoon in week 4 of the college football season. Alabama has won eight of the last ten including the previous seven matchups in a row while the Rebels are 6-4 ATS in the last ten and 2-1 ATS in the last three games in the series. Ole Miss is 3-0 ATS overall and 1-0 ATS on the road while the Alabama Crimson Tide enter this game with a record of 1-2 ATS overall, 1-1 ATS at home, and 1-2 ATS as a favorite this season.

Alabama has been struggling this season while Ole Miss has covered the spread in their first three games this season. The Rebels are 6-4 ATS in the last ten and 2-1 ATS in the last three games in the series. I look for those trends to continue which is why I am taking the Ole Miss Rebels +7 on the road against the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday afternoon in week 4 of the college football season on BookMaker.