Mississippi State Bulldogs
FBS
Southeastern Conference · MSST
Team Vitals
+20.2
power · 2026 · #37 D1
+15.3 / +4.9
off / def (higher = better)
2–0
2026 record
115
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 29%ile 0.385
- Offense (PPA/play) 44%ile 0.168
- Defense (PPA allowed) 30%ile 0.198
- Offensive success rate 53%ile 0.427
- Defensive success rate allowed 32%ile 0.432
- Explosiveness 54%ile 1.277
- Explosiveness allowed 56%ile 1.252
- Plays per game 84%ile 66.5
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | South Carolina FBS | AWAY | Mississippi State 51% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Missouri FBS | HOME | Mississippi State 54% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Alabama FBS | HOME | Alabama 76% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | LSU FBS | AWAY | LSU 70% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Oklahoma FBS | HOME | Oklahoma 54% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Texas FBS | AWAY | Texas 76% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Vanderbilt FBS | HOME | Mississippi State 51% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Auburn FBS | HOME | Mississippi State 52% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Tennessee Tech FCS | HOME | Mississippi State 94% |
| 2026-11-27 | Wk 13 | Ole Miss FBS | AWAY | Ole Miss 66% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Minnesota @ | W | 38–13 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | UL Monroe vs | W | 62–13 |
| 2026-01-02 | 2025 | Bowl | Wake Forest vs | L | 29–43 |
| 2025-11-28 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Ole Miss vs | L | 19–38 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Missouri @ | L | 27–49 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Georgia vs | L | 21–41 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Arkansas @ | W | 38–35 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Texas vs | L | 38–45 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Florida @ | L | 21–23 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Texas A&M @ | L | 9–31 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Tennessee vs | L | 34–41 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Northern Illinois vs | W | 38–10 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 26 | +74 |
| 2025 | 5 | 8 | 395 | 393 | +2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 10 | 310 | 409 | -99 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 | 262 | 319 | -57 |
| 2022 | 9 | 4 | 411 | 300 | +111 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | 378 | 337 | +41 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 235 | 309 | -74 |
| 2019 | 6 | 7 | 359 | 375 | -16 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 | 371 | 171 | +200 |
| 2017 | 9 | 4 | 416 | 272 | +144 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 | 395 | 413 | -18 |
| 2015 | 9 | 4 | 447 | 302 | +145 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamario Taylor | QB | 87 | #5 | 2 | 581 pass yds · 7 TD · 0 INT |
| Anthony Evans III | WR | 85 | #20 | 2 | 14 rec · 239 yds · 2 TD |
| Kyle Ferrie | K | 75 | #19 | 2 | 3 FG · 13 XP · 22 pts |
| Fluff Bothwell | RB | 75 | #66 | 2 | 165 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec |
| J.J. Hill | RB | 71 | #104 | 1 | 118 rush yds · 2 TD |
| Zion Ragins | WR | 70 | #175 | 2 | 6 rec · 98 yds · 2 TD |
| Sanfrisco Magee | WR | 70 | #176 | 2 | 8 rec · 77 yds · 2 TD |
| Will Whitson | DL | 69 | #353 | 2 | 9 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Jaray Bledsoe | DL | 68 | #363 | 2 | 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL |
| Trevion Williams | DL | 67 | #423 | 1 | 3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Marquis Johnson | WR | 64 | #350 | 2 | 4 rec · 107 yds · 1 TD |
| Isaac Smith | DB | 62 | #627 | 2 | 10 tkl · 1 PD |
| Tyler Lockhart | LB | 62 | #393 | 2 | 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Jalen Smith | LB | 60 | #484 | 2 | 12 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Jett Jefferson | DB | 59 | #810 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1 PD |
| Marcus Williams | DB | 59 | #838 | 2 | 11 tkl |
| Dre Riley | DB | 59 | #850 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1 PD |
| Ethan Pulliam | P | 58 | #78 | 2 | 3 punts · 44.3 yd avg |
| Dealyn Evans | DL | 57 | #1040 | 1 | 2 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Kolin Wilson | RB | 56 | #466 | 2 | 87 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Bralan Womack | DB | 55 | #1142 | 2 | 6 tkl · 1 PD |
| Xavier Gayten | RB | 54 | #543 | 2 | 41 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Kelley Jones | DB | 54 | #1237 | 2 | 2 tkl · 2 PD |
| DJ Reed | DL | 53 | #1366 | 2 | 3 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Kendel Dolby | DB | 53 | #1265 | 2 | 8 tkl |
| Jardin Gilbert | DB | 53 | #1277 | 1 | 5 tkl |
| Jayson Jenkins | DL | 50 | #1631 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Fatt Forrest | LB | 50 | #944 | 1 | 6 tkl |
| Zion Crumpton | WR | 49 | #1031 | 1 | 2 rec · 35 yds |
| Amaree Williams | DL | 48 | #1825 | 2 | 2 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Kalvin Dinkins | DL | 47 | #1925 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Jamroc Grimsley | DB | 46 | #1798 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Gracen Harris | WR | 46 | #1187 | 1 | 2 rec · 21 yds |
| Parker Puckett | QB | 46 | #417 | 1 | 63 pass yds · 0 INT · 24 rush yds |
| Kaylib Singleton | DB | 44 | #1973 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Quentin Taylor | DB | 43 | #2052 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| LaKendrick James | LB | 42 | #1298 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Sam West | TE | 42 | #443 | 1 | 1 rec · 11 yds |
| AJ Rice | LB | 41 | #1342 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Tanner Johnson | DB | 41 | #2212 | 2 | 3 tkl |