This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/oklahoma as Oklahoma has Opportunity Against an Ole Miss Defense That's Struggled This Season.

Wednesday saw the release of the first edition of the injury report for the seven games this weekend in the Southeastern Conference, with a dozen players originally noted by Ole Miss and OU. The league has since updated each of those as of this evening on Thursday, with another to come tomorrow on Friday.

Oklahoma is hosting Ole Miss for the first time ever on Saturday, as the No. 13 Sooners welcome the No. 8 Rebels to Memorial Stadium for a critical battle between one-loss SEC teams. After taking a 43-35 loss at Georgia last week, this marks the end of a brutally tough two-game road swing for Ole Miss.

OU football players Jovantae Barnes, Logan Howland, Derek Simmons and Gentry Williams were all listed as questionable for Saturday's game vs. Ole Miss.

The Ole Miss Rebels and Oklahoma Sooners enter Week 9 with matching 6-1 records and identical goals: staying alive in the SEC title race. Both have playoff hope

Find out why Will Hill is backing Ole Miss over the Sooners and why he believes the Giants are scary underdogs at the Eagles.

OU coach Brent Venables said Tuesday defensive back Kendel Dolby is "trying to figure everything out," is practicing and available vs. Ole Miss.

Ole Miss Rebels football coach Lane Kiffin may not have much more leeway this season to make the College Football Playoff after losing to the Georgia Bulldogs.