Lane Kiffin's Impact On LSU Vs. Ole Miss Rivalry Matchup

(Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - LSU Football may be months away from kicking off its 2026 season, but the excitement is building, and there's one game fans have zoned in on.

The Tigers willl be led by Head Coach Lane Kiffin in his first year in Baton Rouge, and while LSU opens up its season at home against Clemson on September 4th, it's an away game for the Tigers that seems to be in high demand.

Coach Kiffin left a very successful Ole Miss football team to coach at LSU, and as soon as he committed to LSU, I knew that there would be excitement for one particular road game in 2026, and that's when the Tigers travel to Oxford, Mississippi, to take on Ole Miss.

For the last several years, the Tigers' rival has been the Alabama Crimson Tide, and they do play this upcoming season in Baton Rouge, but with Lane Kiffin now wearing the Purple and Gold, the Tigers may have a renewed rivalry with the Rebels from Ole Miss.

Date For The LSU and Ole Miss Football Game

LSU and Ole Miss are scheduled to play each other on Saturday, September 19th, in Oxford, and tickets for that game, as Lane Kiffin returns, are very expensive.

Tickets on the third-party website SeatGeek are priced at Championship Game levels, and if both teams start the season "hot," those prices will only skyrocket. After a simple search for tickets to what could be the biggest game in college football in 2026, I couldn't help but notice that some of the tickets at the peak of the stadium are going for several hundred dollars.

Now, if you wish to sit in the lower bowl of the stadium when LSU and Ole Miss battle this football season, you should prepare to pay a couple of thousand dollars for a single seat. The most expensive seat I see is currently going for nearly $1300, and we're still 5 months away from the 2026 College Football season.

So, LSU fans, if you wish to make the drive to Oxford in early fall this year, start saving, as it looks like it's going to be an expensive trip to see Lane Kiffin return to the university he left for Baton Rouge.

A time and network showing the LSU-Ole Miss game have yet to be announced.