Florida Vs Ole Miss Set for Saturday at 11 a.m. on ESPN
The Florida Gators will visit Oxford for a marquee SEC matchup Saturday, and the game figures to carry conference and national implications. The florida vs ole miss meeting is scheduled for 11 a. m. ET on, with national television coverage and local radio broadcasts in place.
Florida Vs Ole Miss — Development details
The game is scheduled for Saturday, February 21, with tipoff at 11 a. m. ET on. The television broadcast will feature play-by-play voice Richard Cross and analyst Chris Spatola; the Ole Miss Radio Network will carry the contest with Gary Darby on play-by-play and Murphy Holloway serving as analyst. Florida enters the game with a 20-6 overall record and an 11-2 mark in SEC play, sitting atop the conference standings. Ole Miss comes in at 11-15 overall and 3-10 in SEC games.
Coaching staffs are established: Chris Beard is in his third season at Ole Miss (55-39 at the school) and holds a 292-137 career record across 14 seasons, while Todd Golden is in his fourth season at Florida (96-39 at Florida) and has a 153-75 career mark over seven seasons. Florida is described as the defending national champion; the Gators hold the No. 12 spot in the latest Poll and No. 11 in the Coaches Poll, and they rank No. 6 in KenPom and No. 9 in the NET.
Context and escalation
Florida’s placement at the top of the SEC follows a season of high-profile wins and ranked victories. The Gators logged non-conference wins over Florida State, Miami and Providence and have beaten ranked conference opponents including No. 18 Georgia, No. 21 Tennessee, No. 10 Vanderbilt, No. 23 Alabama and No. 25 Kentucky. Those outcomes help explain Florida’s current poll and metric positions, which in turn raise the stakes for this road visit to Oxford.
By contrast, Ole Miss has a losing overall record and a sub-. 500 SEC mark, a combination that positions the Rebels as underdogs on paper. The series between the two programs is long-running: the teams have met 120 times since 1940, with Florida leading the all-time series 71-49. At home in Oxford, however, the Rebels have the edge, 33-23, and have won the last four meetings there, including a 103-85 home victory in 2024.
Immediate impact
The immediate effects are concrete: national exposure on and radio will put both rosters in the public eye at a critical stretch of the SEC schedule. For Florida, maintaining its 11-2 conference record will preserve its hold on first place and its standing in national polls; for Ole Miss, a home win would extend its recent advantage in Oxford and provide a boost to a program with an 11-15 ledger.
Recent history also informs expectations. The last meeting, on March 8, 2025, ended with Ole Miss losing 71-90 in Gainesville; that game featured a 22-point effort from Sean Pedulla for Ole Miss and a 23-point, eight-assist performance from Walter Clayton Jr. for Florida. The contrast in results and personnel performances in that meeting help explain why the matchup is framed as significant for both teams’ immediate goals.
Forward outlook
The next confirmed milestone is the game itself: Saturday, February 21 at 11 a. m. ET on, with the listed broadcast team and local radio coverage. From a standings perspective, Florida will be aiming to protect its 11-2 SEC record and its place atop the conference; Ole Miss will be seeking a home victory that continues its advantage in Oxford and improves an 11-15 season record.
What makes this notable is the collision of Florida’s top-of-conference position and national metrics against Ole Miss’s home-court edge and recent Oxford success. The matchup will produce immediate clarity on both teams’ trajectories in the SEC, and the scheduled nationwide broadcast ensures the result will be visible to selectors, analysts and the wider college basketball audience.
