Quarterback Carson Beck scored the game-winning touchdown with 18 seconds left in the game to put his Hurricanes one game away from possibly becoming champions.
They'll be awaiting the winner between No. 1 Indiana and No. 5 Oregon to see who they'll be facing in the big game. That game will take place on Friday, January 9th.
The championship game will be played in the Hurricanes' backyard of Miami at Hard Rock Cafe Stadium.
Beck finished with 268 passing yards, three touchdowns, and one interception. Miami running back Mark Fletcher Jr. led all rushers with 133 yards on 22 carries.
Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss finished with 284 total yards with one touchdown, while running back Kewan Lacy put up 103 yards on 11 carries with a touchdown.
Full game recap + highlights
First half
After a defensive first quarter that only saw a 38-yard field goal from Carter Davis, the scoreboard started to come alive in the second.
To start of the second quarter, Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy took a 75-yard run to the house to give the Rebels a 7-3 lead. It would end up being the longest play of the game.
At that point, Ole Miss had only ran a total of eight plays to Miami's 20. The Canes would boost that total play count up to 35 on their next drive, which took 15 plays to put up their first touchdown of the game.
Miami running back CharMar Brown would punch in a four-yard run to put his team up 10-7. He'd finish with 54 yards on 14 carries.
Ole Miss' Lucas Carneiro, who set the Sugar Bowl record for the two longest field goals in its history last week, clutched a 42-yarder to put the Rebels up 13-10.
But the Canes would score on their next drive in only five plays after quarterback Beck launched a 52-yard touchdown to wide receiver Keelan Marion, putting Miami back on top.
Both teams would exchange punts before Carneiro would come back on to the field as time wound down in the second quarter to drill a 58-yard field goal to end the half.
Ole Miss would only have the ball for 7:16 in the entire first half as they were outgained by Miami 228-145. Both teams had one sack each heading into the second half, with Princewill Umanmielen coming in the clutch for Ole Miss after sacking Beck for eight yards, eventually forcing Miami to punt, which became three points for the Rebels.
Second half
In the weirdest way to start the second half, Miami's Davis would miss a 51-yard field goal that would be followed by a doink-miss from Carneiro at the same distance.
Then, after Beck threw an interception and committed the first turnover of the game, Carneiro would doink it again off the post, the second time from 54 yards, but would take a favourable bounce and go through the uprights to cut the lead 17-16.
Miami would miss out on a handful of opportunities to force multiple interceptions in the second half, but all of them resulted in drops, giving Ole Miss and their fans heart attacks.
After Miami got the ball back following Carneiro's 54-yarder, Ole Miss' Suntarine Perkins would pull a clutch with two sacks on Beck to eventually force a punt, pinning the Rebels on their own 10-yard line.
But Ole Miss would cap off the drive with Carneiro's fourth field goal of the game, this time from 21 yards out, to make it 19-17.
Miami would take advantage on the following drive, with Ole Miss defensive back Chris Graves Jr. committing a grave 15-yard pass interference penalty that helped Miami go down the field.
They would cap off a four-play, 75-yard drive with a 36-yard touchdown pass to Malachi Toney, who finished the game with 81 yards on five receptions.
But Miami would give Ole Miss a big penalty back to them when defensive back Ja'Boree Antoine was called for a pass interference of his own, causing an automatic first down.
Dae'Quan Wright would haul in a 24-yard touchdown pass from Chambliss, who ran for 19 yards just two plays earlier, taking a 27-24 lead after successfully pulling off a two-point conversion with 3:13 left in the game.
The crucial penalties continued to stack up for Ole Miss in crunch time. Defensive back Jaylon Braxton was called for a facemask with under two minutes left to give Miami the first down.
On a third-and-six, Beck would complete back-to-back crucial first downs, with the first pass to wide receiver CJ Daniels, who stretched out to bring on a new set of downs, with 1:10 left in the game to keep the drive alive, then the next to Keelan Marion on a third-and-10 with under 50 seconds left down to Ole Miss' 18 yard line.
Then, Beck put the final nail in the coffin that became Ole Miss' season.
Miami finished the game putting up a whopping 498 total yards and 28 first downs on 88 plays, pulling off the win despite being called for 10 penalties.
The Rebels had the ball for just 18:38 compared to Miami's 41:22. Ole Miss finished the game with 398 yards and 23 first downs.
