Ole Miss edges Georgia in Sugar Bowl, advances to CFP semis - ESPN

NEW ORLEANS — Lucas Carneiro kicked a 47-yard field goal in the closing seconds, and the Ole Miss Rebels defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 39-34 in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday night, securing a berth in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

Ole Miss, which concluded the scoring with a safety on a kickoff late in the game, advances to play the 12-2 Miami Hurricanes in a CFP semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8. Miami, the No. 10 seed in the playoff, secured its final four berth with a win over No. 2 seed Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Eve, and has won two games in the CFP this season. Shortly after the Rebels' win, DraftKings opened Miami as a 2.5-point favorite over Ole Miss.

Miami has won six games in a row since a 26-20 setback at SMU on Nov. 1. It was the Hurricanes' second loss in three games after a 5-0 start propelled Miami to a No. 2 AP ranking, which was its highest since 2017.

«It was a low point. And we quickly, we got together because we have really good people, and we work really, really, really hard. And we weren't achieving the results that we set out to have, and that's difficult. That's a punch in the gut,» Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal said. «Y'all saw the 5% chance we had to make the CFP. [Players] saw it.»

Their reward is a date with the only remaining SEC team in Glendale, Arizona, a Rebels team that is getting used to overcoming adversity. Having proved they could win as a favorite without ex-coach Lane Kiffin in the first round, the No. 6 Rebels won a roller coaster game against a favored conference foe in New Orleans.

«It was a back-and-forth game, it was an incredible college football game,» Georgia coach Kirby Smart said in his postgame media availability. «It was basically what