Ole Miss schedules home-and-home with Cal

OXFORD -- Ole Miss is headed to the West Coast.

The Rebels will play at Cal in 2017, with the Golden Bears coming to Oxford in 2019. Ole Miss announced the news today.

The trip to Berkeley, California will be the longest Ole Miss has ever had, at roughly 2,150 miles. It surpasses the 2011 game at Fresno State.

Ole Miss has never played a Pac-12 school before.

Athletics director Ross Bjork told the Clarion-Ledger in November the Rebels are expected to play in a neutral site game in 2018, and are also working on another home-and-home for 2020-21.

Ole Miss will play Florida State in Orlando's Citrus Bowl in 2016, the first year a new Southeastern Conference rule requiring teams to play one power five conference school goes into effect.

Ole Miss was initially scheduled to play at Memphis in 2017, but that has been moved to 2019. Because of budget concerns, Ole Miss does not want to go on the road more than once during its four nonconference games.

The 2017 game against Tulane has also been moved to 2023. The leaves South Alabama (home, Sept. 2) and Cal as the only two games scheduled so far for that season.

Cal went 5-7 in 2014. The school has been aggressive in its recent scheduling -- it'll play at North Carolina in 2017, and will also go to Auburn in 2019.

Cal's Memorial Stadium was renovated earlier this decade and seats 63,186.