Ole Miss routs Missouri as Jackson State rallies in Mississippi sports rundown

Ole Miss turned a top-15 matchup into a 31-3 homecoming win, Jackson State surged past Florida A&M, and Millsaps posted a school offensive record. Saturday’s football results dominate this edition, alongside a notable Mississippi Christian volleyball upset and a Sunday Blue Mountain Christian win. This rundown covers original reports published in the 24 hours ending Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 4:45 p.m. Central.

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Ole Miss controls ranked homecoming matchup

No. 9 Ole Miss beat No. 13 Missouri 31-3 Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford. The Sports Mississippi game report identifies it as the Rebels’ 99th homecoming game and lists Ole Miss at 5-1 overall and 3-1 in SEC play afterward. Missouri fell to 5-2 and 2-2. Three eligible reports described the same result; the score appears here once. The lopsided final is the clearest headline from the weekend’s in-state college football slate.

Jackson State wins with a fourth-quarter defensive surge

Jackson State came from behind to defeat Florida A&M 27-17 at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. According to Sports Mississippi’s account, the Tigers forced four turnovers in the final quarter before a homecoming crowd reported at 44,173. That account establishes the comeback and final score but gives no play-by-play sequence, so the turnaround is best understood through the reported late defensive effort rather than an inferred scoring timeline.

Millsaps sets an offensive yardage record

Millsaps beat Sewanee 62-14 at McGee Field at Harris Stadium. The game report says the Majors amassed 670 yards of total offense, a program record, and tied a school mark with seven passing touchdowns. Those team records make this more than another lopsided result for the Jackson college. The source attributes both marks to the school’s release; it does not identify individual record holders or provide a scoring breakdown.

Southern Miss falls; Alcorn and Valley lose SWAC games

Southern Miss lost 23-13 to Arkansas State at Renasant Stadium in Hattiesburg. Sports Mississippi reports that Arkansas State’s ball-control offense and two interceptions hampered the Golden Eagles’ chances to change the game. The short account does not assign either interception to a specific player or quarter.

Alcorn State erased two 14-point deficits and took its first lead in the third quarter at Prairie View A&M, but a late Prairie View field goal decided a 41-38 loss. The Alcorn report captures a much closer road contest than Southern Miss’s final. Mississippi Valley State, meanwhile, lost 34-14 to Bethune-Cookman at Rice-Totten Stadium during homecoming, ending a two-game winning streak, according to the Valley account. These are separate games, grouped here as the weekend’s other significant Mississippi football results.

Belhaven answers an early deficit

Belhaven trailed Greensboro by 10 points in the first quarter, then scored 19 unanswered points to win 19-10 on the road at Pride Field. The Blazers report says they held Greensboro scoreless for the remainder of the game. The comeback adds another Mississippi winner to a slate that also included losses for Southern Miss, Alcorn and Valley; the eligible article does not give Belhaven’s new season record.

Mississippi Christian beats No. 2 West Alabama

Mississippi Christian University volleyball defeated No. 2 West Alabama in four sets, 26-24, 25-20, 18-25, 25-21, at A.E. Wood Coliseum. The Sports Mississippi report calls it one of the Choctaws’ biggest wins of the season, attributing that assessment to school officials. The ranked opponent and exact set scores distinguish this Gulf South Conference result from routine weekend match notices. The account does not provide updated standings.

Blue Mountain Christian takes Sunday’s rescheduled match

Blue Mountain Christian swept Wesleyan College 25-11, 25-8, 25-10 Sunday afternoon inside Tyler Gymnasium. The match report says it had originally been scheduled for Friday and moved to Sunday because of transportation issues for Wesleyan. This result was published before the cutoff, unlike games still ahead on Sunday’s schedule. The reported scores show Blue Mountain won all three sets without requiring a later result or projection.

Finley’s rapid double lifts Belhaven soccer

Belhaven also won on the soccer field, beating Piedmont 2-1 Saturday at Belhaven Bowl Stadium. Luke Finley scored twice in the first 63 seconds and goalkeeper Justin Ramirez made eight saves, according to the match report. The opening burst supplied both of the Blazers’ goals, while the saves helped protect a narrow margin. This is a separate result from Belhaven football’s road comeback against Greensboro.

Featured image: A football file photo from the MS News Group media library. It does not depict any of the games in this rundown. The library entry lists no photographer credit.