We are more familiar with Mississippi's Nikola Slavic, Finn Reynolds and John Hallquist Lithen than the others in our regional having already faced them this season. Ole Miss is 16-12 on the season - they have been good but not elite most of the year. They have ranked W's over NC State, A&M, Oklahoma, Mississippi State, Arkansas and Vanderbilt and ranked L's to TCU, Florida, Baylor, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, USC, Auburn (twice) A&M and LSU. They were torched 6-1 by Florida and Tennessee, 4-1 by Baylor and we barely won 4-3 at home early in the season. We're 8-5 all-time against Mississippi from 1983-2022, including the last 3 straight under Roditi. We won in February with singles W's from Aguilar (over Reynolds), Jong (over Lithen) and Vives (over Englehardt) and with the doubles point. Fomba "lost" 7-6, 3-6 0-1 (11-13) when they played it out.
Based on their pedigree and the level of competition they've played this year, I think they're the favorite against Utah.