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Mississippi State

10th of 1289–4

Rank

10th

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

+16.1

90% range 4.5 to 27.7

Offense

39.9

13th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

23.8

26th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

9–4

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 5 · 10:00 PM ET at Southern Miss W 34–16
Rating change−1.4
Wk 2Sep 12 · 9:15 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#23 LSU L 19–21
Rating change−0.5
Wk 3Sep 19 · 4:00 PM ET vs Northwestern State W 62–13
Rating change+1.3
Wk 4Sep 26 · 7:30 PM ET at Auburn W 17–9
Rating change−1.3
Wk 5Oct 3 · 7:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#15 Texas A&M L 17–30
Rating change−0.9
Wk 6Oct 10 · 4:00 PM ET vs Troy W 45–17
Rating change+1.0
Wk 7Oct 17 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#24 Louisiana Tech W 45–20
Rating change+1.7
Wk 8Oct 24 · 7:30 PM ET vs Kentucky W 42–16
Rating change+1.9
Wk 10Nov 5 · 9:00 PM ET at Missouri W 31–13
Rating change+0.2
Wk 11Nov 14 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#2 Alabama L 6–31
Rating change−2.0
Wk 12Nov 21 · 7:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#16 Arkansas W 51–50
Rating change+1.0
Wk 13Nov 28 · 7:15 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#6 Ole Miss L 27–38
Rating change−1.8
PostDec 30 · 3:30 PM ET vs NC StateNeutral W 51–28
Rating change+4.1

Rating through 2015

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Profile

MSST offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com