Mississippi State
SEC · 2021 Season · Final
All-Time Resume
- 12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
- Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons
- Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons
- Divisional Era · 26 seasons
- AP Poll & Postwar Era · 19 seasons · 3 Top 10
- Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons
- Pioneer Era · 2 seasons
Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Mississippi State head-to-head · History & Eras
2021 Schedule & Results
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Conf | Opp. Record | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Week 2 · Sep 7 |  Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)H2H |  USA | 3–9 | W 35–34 |
| 3 | Week 3 · Sep 14 |  NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)H2H |  ACC | 9–3 | W 24–10 |
| 4 | Week 4 · Sep 21 |  Memphis (MEMPHIS)H2H | IND AAC | 6–6 | L 29–31 |
| 5 | Week 5 · Sep 28 |  LSUH2H |  SEC | 6–7 | L 25–28 |
| 6 | Week 6 · Oct 5 |  Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)H2H | SEC | 8–4 | W 26–22 |
| 8 | Week 8 · Oct 19 |  Alabama (ALABAMA)H2H | SEC | 13–2 | L 9–49 |
| 9 | Week 9 · Oct 26 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)H2H | SEC | 2–10 | W 45–6 |
| 10 | Week 10 · Nov 2 |  Kentucky (KENTUCKY)H2H | SEC | 10–3 | W 31–17 |
| 11 | Week 11 · Nov 9 |  Arkansas (ARKANSAS)H2H | SEC | 9–4 | L 28–31 |
| 12 | Week 12 · Nov 16 |  Auburn (AUBURN)H2H | SEC | 6–7 | W 43–34 |
| 13 | Week 13 · Nov 23 | Tennessee State Tigers | Unranked | — | W 55–10 |
| 14 | Week 14 · Nov 30 |  Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)H2H | SEC | 10–3 | L 21–31 |
| 4 | Post-Season Week 4 · Jan 4 |  Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)H2H |  B12 | 7–6 | L 7–34 |
Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.
Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).
- Kentucky +10
- NC State +9
- Texas A&M +8
- Auburn +6
- Louisiana Tech +3
- Vanderbilt +2
- Alabama -2
- Ole Miss -3
- Arkansas -4
- Memphis -6
- Texas Tech -6
- LSU -7
Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.
0.538 Win % · Change -1
Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.
Higher on the chart = better rank.
Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.
Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.