On August 31, the Mississippi State Bulldogs will begin their 2024 college football schedule against Eastern Kentucky, an FCS opponent. Keep scrolling for more information.

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2024 Mississippi State Game and TV Schedule

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Mississippi State 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Bulldogs are playing the ninth-toughest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Mississippi State will face the 22nd-ranked schedule in college football, based on our predictions.
• Mississippi State will have the ninth-toughest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (81).
• The Bulldogs are facing the 12th-toughest conference schedule this season (based on their SEC opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Mississippi State’s schedule features seven games against teams with winning records in 2023 (five against teams with nine or more victories and two against squads that totaled less than four wins).
• The Bulldogs will have seven games against teams who played in a bowl in 2023 bowl.

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Mississippi State Stat Insights (2023)

• The Bulldogs ranked 103rd in total offense (328.6 yards per game) and 41st in total defense (350.6 yards allowed per game) last year.
• Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 66th-worst in FBS last season (26.6 points allowed per game), Mississippi State put up better results offensively, ranking 107th in FBS by totaling 21.8 points per game.
• The Bulldogs were a bottom-25 pass offense last season, ranking 23rd-worst with 181.8 passing yards per contest. Defensively, they ranked 34th in FBS (204.7 passing yards allowed per game).
• Mississippi State compiled 146.8 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 80th in FBS. On the defensive side of the ball, it ranked 53rd, giving up 145.9 rushing yards per game.
• The Bulldogs ranked ninth-worst in third-down conversion rate (30.8%) last season, but they were better on defense, ranking 28th with a 33.9% third-down conversion rate allowed.
• Mississippi State forced 12 total turnovers (117th in FBS) last season and turned it over 14 times (27th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -2, 81st-ranked in college football.

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