New for 2026 is a nine-game conference schedule with three annual opponents. Mississippi State's annual opponents for the next four seasons are Ole Miss, Alabama and Vanderbilt. The Crimson Tide will play at Davis Wade Stadium on Oct. 3.

The 2025-26 college football bowl schedule is coming to an end, with Friday's Duke's Mayo Bowl 2026 being the final non-CFP contest. It features

The Bulldogs, despite going 5-7, accepted an invitation to the Duke's Mayo Bowl. They’ll play against Wake Forest (8-4) on Jan. 2 (7 p.m. CT, ESPN) in Charlotte, North Carolina, at Bank of America Stadium. MSU was able to get in a bowl because of teams ...

Back on Thursday, the Southeastern Conference released the full football schedule for the league's sixteen teams. With the move to a nine-game SEC schedule, some adjustments had to be made. For Mississippi State that meant the removal of Troy to make way ...

Why is Mississippi State in a bowl game? Here's how the Bulldogs made the Duke's Mayo Bowl without winning six games this season.

Kelley Jones is among the Mississippi State football players who will need to decide whether to return for 2026 or enter the NFL Draft.