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SEC postpones Ole Miss-Oklahoma game to Sunday following FAA ground stop, Sooners AD responds with blistering statement

An SEC football game was moved to Sunday after the FAA grounded the visiting team's flight, prompting a furious response from Oklahoma's athletic director.

By · Published November 14, 2026  12:02 UTC · Updated November 14, 2026  12:24 UTC

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The Ole Miss-Oklahoma game originally scheduled for Saturday has been postponed to Sunday after an FAA ground stop prevented the Rebels from traveling to Norman. The SEC made the decision under threat of forfeit, a move that Oklahoma AD Roger Denny called unacceptable in a blistering public statement.

CBS Sports, ESPN, AP News, KOCO and Yahoo Sports all confirm the sequence: the FAA grounding halted Ole Miss' flight, the conference ordered a Sunday kickoff, and Denny objected strongly before the decision was finalized. Outlets note the rarity of a Power Four game moving to Sunday midseason and the conference's willingness to invoke forfeit rules to enforce the new schedule.

The open question is whether the SEC will adjust any policies around travel contingencies or forfeit thresholds after a weather-related federal action forced a schedule change over a school's formal objection.

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Why was the game moved to Sunday?

An FAA ground stop prevented Ole Miss from flying to Oklahoma on Saturday, so the SEC postponed the game to Sunday under threat of forfeit.

How did Oklahoma respond?

Athletic director Roger Denny issued a blistering statement objecting strongly to the move.

Has this happened before in SEC football?

Coverage notes the rarity of a Power Four conference game moving to Sunday midseason, but does not cite a direct precedent.

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UPDATE: Texas A&M/Tennessee

A nationwide FAA ground stop on Saturday morning scrambled travel for multiple SEC football teams, forcing the Ole Miss-Oklahoma game to Sunday and delaying Tennessee's flight to Texas A&M.

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