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▲ Above its 5-year level +6▲ Up 9 this season

Career69since 1936

Peak862018

Last 570seasons

#26 nationally · 4-1 (2-1 conf)

Résumé #9 · record ahead of its play

Schedule so far #7

Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)

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Mississippi State Bulldogs

SEC · Starkville, MS · Davis Wade Stadium · Head coach Jeff Lebby

Rival

Ole Miss · also Alabama

Bitter rivalry

47-67-5 all time (119 meetings since 1902)

Ole Miss leads

Last: lost 38-19 (2025) · Ole Miss has won 3 straight

Wants it back

program traits are earned from history

0national titles

0Heisman

2AP top-10

4All-Americans

109NFL picks

49.6%win pct

History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →

Chemistry

61Foundation

79Gel

gel counts 45% so far

▲ Above its norm +12Trending up

early · #15 of 138

HC year3

Ret. starters32%

QB yrs w/ OC—

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Season by season · since 1902rating = how far above its own season's teams, on the all-time scale

Season	Record	Conference	AP final	Season rank	Rating	Head coach
2026in progress	4-1	SEC	#17	#26	76	Jeff Lebby
2025	5-8	SEC	—	#62	67	Jeff Lebby
2024	2-10	SEC	—	#70	63	Jeff Lebby
2023	5-7	SEC	#9	#72	62	Zach Arnett; Greg Knox
2022	9-4	SEC	#20	#16	80	Mike Leach; Zach Arnett
2021	7-6	SEC	—	#26	76	Mike Leach
2020	4-7	SEC	—	#38	66	Mike Leach
2019	6-7	SEC	—	#44	70	Joe Moorhead
2018	8-5	SEC	—	#5	86	Joe Moorhead
2017	9-4	SEC	#19	#18	78	Dan Mullen; Greg Knox
2016	6-7	SEC	—	#52	68	Dan Mullen
2015	9-4	SEC	—	#14	79	Dan Mullen
2014	10-3	SEC	#11	#10	86	Dan Mullen
2013	7-6	SEC	—	#32	73	Dan Mullen
2012	8-5	SEC	—	#35	73	Dan Mullen
2011	7-6	SEC	—	#35	71	Dan Mullen
2010	9-4	SEC	#15	#25	76	Dan Mullen
2009	5-7	SEC	—	#37	72	Dan Mullen
2008	4-8	SEC	—	#87	56	Sylvester Croom
2007	8-5	SEC	—	#48	70	Sylvester Croom
2006	3-9	SEC	—	#76	60	Sylvester Croom
2005	3-8	SEC	—	#95	55	Sylvester Croom
2004	3-8	SEC	—	#82	58	Sylvester Croom
2003	2-10	SEC	—	#100	51	Jackie Sherrill
2002	3-9	SEC	—	#85	56	Jackie Sherrill
2001	3-8	SEC	—	#61	65	Jackie Sherrill
2000	8-4	SEC	#24	#24	75	Jackie Sherrill
1999	10-2	SEC	#13	#23	75	Jackie Sherrill
1998	8-5	SEC	—	#34	72	Jackie Sherrill
1997	7-4	SEC	—	#36	72	Jackie Sherrill
1996	5-6	SEC	—	#65	62	Jackie Sherrill
1995	3-8	SEC	—	#73	59	Jackie Sherrill
1994	8-4	SEC	#24	#28	72	Jackie Sherrill
1993	3-6-2	SEC	—	#46	67	Jackie Sherrill
1992	7-5	SEC	#23	#35	71	Jackie Sherrill
1991	7-5	SEC	—	#30	73	Jackie Sherrill
1990	5-6	SEC	—	#63	62	Rockey Felker
1989	5-6	SEC	—	#40	69	Rockey Felker
1988	1-10	SEC	—	#82	54	Rockey Felker
1987	4-7	SEC	—	#59	62	Rockey Felker
1986	6-5	SEC	—	#62	61	Rockey Felker
1985	5-6	SEC	—	#48	67	Emory Bellard
1984	4-7	SEC	—	#49	66	Emory Bellard
1983	3-8	SEC	—	#42	67	Emory Bellard
1982	5-6	SEC	—	#31	73	Emory Bellard
1981	8-4	SEC	—	#29	75	Emory Bellard
1980	9-3	SEC	#19	#29	75	Emory Bellard
1979	3-8	SEC	—	#49	68	Emory Bellard
1978	6-5	SEC	—	#31	74	Bob Tyler
1977	5-6	SEC	—	#39	71	Bob Tyler
1976	9-2	SEC	#20	#24	76	Bob Tyler
1975	6-4-1	SEC	—	#40	70	Bob Tyler
1974	9-3	SEC	#17	#19	77	Bob Tyler
1973	4-5-2	SEC	—	#56	64	Bob Tyler
1972	4-7	SEC	—	#48	66	Charles Shira
1971	2-9	SEC	—	#78	58	Charles Shira
1970	6-5	SEC	—	#50	66	Charles Shira
1969	3-7	SEC	—	#66	60	Charles Shira
1968	0-8-2	SEC	—	#71	59	Charles Shira
1967	1-9	SEC	—	#79	58	Charles Shira
1966	2-8	SEC	—	#51	64	Paul Davis
1965	4-6	SEC	—	#32	72	Paul Davis
1964	4-6	SEC	—	#33	71	Paul Davis
1963	7-2-2	SEC	—	#16	79	Paul Davis
1962	3-6	SEC	—	#40	70	Paul Davis
1961	5-5	SEC	—	#34	70	Wade Walker
1960	2-6-1	SEC	—	#34	72	Wade Walker
1959	2-7	SEC	—	#61	62	Wade Walker
1958	3-6	SEC	—	#40	68	Wade Walker
1957	6-2-1	SEC	#14	#8	83	Wade Walker
1956	4-6	SEC	—	#36	70	Wade Walker
1955	6-4	SEC	—	#31	72	Darrell Royal
1954	6-4	SEC	—	#29	73	Darrell Royal
1953	5-2-3	SEC	—	#14	79	Murray Warmath
1952	5-4	SEC	—	#17	76	Murray Warmath
1951	4-5	SEC	—	#54	64	Slick Morton
1950	4-5	SEC	—	#36	69	Slick Morton
1949	0-8-1	SEC	—	#82	53	Slick Morton
1948	4-4-1	SEC	—	#26	74	Allyn McKeen
1947	7-3	SEC	—	#29	72	Allyn McKeen
1946	8-2	SEC	—	#16	77	Allyn McKeen
1945	6-3	SEC	—	#22	71	Allyn McKeen
1944	6-2	SEC	—	#26	66	Allyn McKeen
1942	8-2	SEC	#18	#9	79	Allyn McKeen
1941	8-1-1	SEC	#16	#14	77	Allyn McKeen
1940	10-0-1	SEC	#9	#7	84	Allyn McKeen
1939	8-2	SEC	—	#6	84	Allyn McKeen
1938	4-6	SEC	—	#77	54	Spike Nelson
1937	5-4-1	SEC	—	#74	57	Ralph Sasse
1936	7-3-1	SEC	—	#9	80	Ralph Sasse
1935	8-3	SEC	—	#26	74 early	Ralph Sasse
1934	4-6	SEC	—	#50	64 early	Ross McKechnie
1933	3-6-1	SEC	—	#74	52 early	Ross McKechnie
1932	3-5	Southern	—	#81	46 early	Ray Dauber
1931	2-6	Southern	—	#80	45 early	Ray Dauber
1930	2-7	Southern	—	#79	38 early	Red Cagle
1929	1-5-2	Southern	—	#72	37 early	J.W. Hancock
1928	2-4-2	Southern	—	#68	53 early	J.W. Hancock
1927	5-3	Southern	—	#59	57 early	J.W. Hancock
1926	5-4	Southern	—	#51	59 early	Bernie Bierman
1925	3-4-1	Southern	—	#51	60 early	Bernie Bierman
1924	5-4	Southern	—	#64	53 early	Earl Able
1923	5-2-2	Southern	—	#62	54 early	Earl Able
1922	3-4-2	Southern	—	#77	34 early	Charles Noble
1921	4-4-1	SIAA	—	#67	50 early	Fred Holtkamp
1920	5-3	SIAA	—	#50	58 early	Fred Holtkamp
1919	6-2	SIAA	—	#43	63 early	Sid Robinson
1918	3-2	SIAA	—	—	—	Sid Robinson
1917	6-1	SIAA	—	#35	63 early	Sid Robinson
1916	4-4-1	SIAA	—	#55	54 early	E.C. Hayes
1915	5-2-1	SIAA	—	#33	62 early	E.C. Hayes
1914	6-2	SIAA	—	#36	61 early	E.C. Hayes
1913	6-1-1	SIAA	—	#30	61 early	William Chadwick
1912	4-3	SIAA	—	#34	56 early	William Chadwick
1911	7-2-1	SIAA	—	#28	61 early	William Chadwick
1910	7-2	SIAA	—	#28	63 early	William Chadwick
1909	5-4	SIAA	—	#37	60 early	William Chadwick
1908	3-4	SIAA	—	#47	48 early	Fred Furman
1907	6-3	SIAA	—	#39	51 early	Fred Furman
1906	2-2-1	SIAA	—	#37	45 early	Dan Martin
1905	0-2	SIAA	—	—	—
1904	2-5	SIAA	—	#36	52 early	Dan Martin
1903	1-0	SIAA	—	—	—
1902	1-4-1	SIAA	—	#36	31 early	L. Gwinn

★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.