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Report: Ole Miss to face Baylor in 2020 season opener

Published Feb. 17, 2016 3:37 p.m. ET

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With teams trying to boost their respective resumes for the College Football Playoff, many high-profile games are starting be scheduled towards the beginning of each year.

One team repeatedly questioned about a perceived lack of big-time nonconference contests has been Baylor. Some have felt as if this aspect has hurt Art Briles' team from featuring in the playoff.

As a means to remedy this situation, Baylor is ready to face off against a big-name opponent early in the 2020 season.

Baylor, Ole Miss have verbally agreed to open 2020 season at Houston’s NRG Stadium, sources told @ESPN
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) February 17, 2016

Via a report from ESPN, Baylor will play against Ole Miss in the 2020 season opener. The contest is tentatively slated to take place at NRG Stadium in Houston.

This game is fascinating on a number of fronts. For one, it pits a prominent Big 12 program against an up-and-coming SEC squad.

From a recruiting standpoint, both teams are fixtures within the state of Texas. Especially in Ole Miss' case, a game of this magnitude will likely draw more program visibility.

While no one knows how good either program will be in four-year's time, this should still be a tasty matchup nonetheless. The two teams have played each other only once -- with Baylor winning by a score of 20-10 in 1975.