Oct 31, 6:19 PM EDTstats the morning after a game; scores and grades the same night

Mississippi State

4–3 FBS · SEC · this season
Rating
+5.7
Rank
41
Résumé
36
Projected wins
6.4▲ 2.5 vs preseason
CFP odds
<1%

Schedule

our line · the market · graded at the early week line
DateOpponentOur lineOursMarketResultPerf.Our call
Sat, Sep 59/5UL MonroeULMMSST −22.9MSST −28.5W 62–1391ULM · L
Sat, Sep 129/12at MinnesotaMINNMSST −3.4MSST −1.5W 38–1362MINN · L
Sat, Sep 199/19at South CarolinaSCMSST +3.5MSST +3.5W 41–3474MSST · W
Sat, Sep 269/26MissouriMIZMSST −4.5MSST −3.5W 31–2450MIZ · L
Sat, Oct 310/3AlabamaALAMSST +6.6MSST +6.0L 23–5620ALA · W
Sat, Oct 1710/17at LSULSUMSST +10.9MSST +11.5L 0–3122MSST · L
Sat, Oct 2410/24OklahomaOUMSST +3.1MSST +3.0L 15–2342OU · W
Sat, Oct 3110/31at TexasTEXMSST +13.6MSST +20.0MSST +20.5Lean · +1.2%
Sat, Nov 711/7VanderbiltVANMSST −6.3—wk 10
Sat, Nov 1411/14AuburnAUBMSST +2.1—wk 11
Sat, Nov 2111/21Tennessee TechTennessee TechMSST −40.9—wk 12
Fri, Nov 2711/27at Ole MissMISSMSST +15.8MSST +14.5wk 13

Model on MSST games: 3–4 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 2–0 · as the dog 1–4 · home 0–1, away 3–3 · avg gap to the market +2.8 · closer than the market 4 of 7

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
6.44–3 banked, 5 to play · preseason 3.9
Bowl (6+)46%
9+ wins0%
11+ wins0%

The 5 games left add 2.4 expected wins.

Playoff picture
Reach title game<1%
Win conference<1%
Make the CFP<1%
First-round bye0%
Win it all0%

Full bracket on the playoffs page.

Offense and defense

7 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play+0.1250th
Success rate45.9%39th
Pass EPA+0.1061st
Rush EPA+0.1434th
Explosive rate15.9%13th
Quality-drive rate52.2%61st
Points per quality drive4.536th
Defense
EPA allowed+0.0992nd
Success allowed44.2%108th
Pass EPA allowed+0.22122nd
Rush EPA allowed−0.0721st
Explosive allowed10.4%33rd
Havoc rate14.5%65th

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game+0.953rd
Turnover margin−184th · exp. −4.0
Field position margin−1.6 yd97th
Hidden points / game−2.8gave up
Luck, wins+0.14.0 earned
One-score record2–1flipped 3–4
Rush rate over expected−2.3%77th
Overall
Rating, pts vs average+5.741st
Schedule played+8.49th
Schedule remaining+9.918th
Full schedule+8.913th
Pregame expected wins2.9of 7

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 3Wk 6Wk 9
Ours 41st · +5.7AP NRWeek 9
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Mississippi Stateoff +0.12 50thdef +0.09 allowed · 92nd

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Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Rate stats exclude garbage time (a lead of 38+ in the first half, 28+ in the third quarter, 22+ in the fourth); turnovers are counted whole. Hover a row for its definition.