The Mississippi State Bulldogs will play Eastern Kentucky (FCS) on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — see below for the complete slate.

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2024 Mississippi State Game and TV Schedule

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Mississippi State 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last season (84), the Bulldogs have the ninth-toughest schedule in college football.
• According to our predictions, Mississippi State will be facing the 22nd-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• Mississippi State is facing the ninth-toughest schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• The Bulldogs will face the 12th-hardest conference schedule in college football, based on their SEC opponents’ combined win total last year (67).
• Mississippi State’s schedule includes seven games against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (five against teams with nine or more wins and two against squads that totaled three or fewer wins).
• The Bulldogs have seven teams that made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Mississippi State Stat Insights (2023)

• On offense, the Bulldogs ranked 103rd in FBS with 328.6 yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 41st in total defense (350.6 yards allowed per contest).
• With 26.6 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 66th-worst in FBS last season, Mississippi State was forced to lean on its 107th-ranked offense (21.8 points per contest) to keep it in games.
• The Bulldogs were a bottom-25 pass offense last year, 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 put up 146.8 rushing yards per game on offense (80th in FBS) last season, and it ranked 53rd defensively with 145.9 rushing yards allowed per game.
• The Bulldogs ranked ninth-worst in third-down percentage (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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