Ole Miss has revealed its non-conference schedule for the 2018-19 season, which features a variety of opponents and locations.
The Rebels will open up the Kermit Davis era by hosting Western Michigan on Nov. 10, and then will travel to Butler on Nov. 16 for the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
After a matchup against Nicholls State, Davis’s squad will head to Destin for the Emerald Coast Classic at Northwest Florida State College, where they will take on Baylor on Nov. 23.
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Ole Miss will return to Oxford for matchups against San Diego and ULM before traveling to Illinois State as part of a new home-and-home series that started last season.
Games against Southeastern Louisiana, Chattanooga, and Middle Tennessee will take place before Christmas, with Davis facing his former school in Nashville on Dec. 21.
The pre-conference portion of the non-conference schedule wraps up with Florida Gulf Coast, who has won at least 21 games in six straight seasons.
Davis and company will round out non-conference play by hosting Iowa State in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Jan. 26.
The Rebels finished 12-20 overall this past season, with Andy Kennedy resigning after 12 seasons at the school.