Mississippi State basketball hasn’t yet played on the court, but the Bulldogs are already picking up wins.

The Bulldogs received a commitment Tuesday from four-star power forward Jamarion Davis-Fleming, according to On3.com. Davis-Fleming picked Mississippi State over LSU, Ole Miss and James Madison.

A 6-foot, 9-inch senior at Canton (Miss.) High School is the No. 98 overall player in On3’s 2025 rankings and the No. 1 ranked player in Mississippi in the 2025 On3 150.

He joins a Mississippi State class that already features three-star wing Cameren Paul, four-star guard King Grace, and JUCO big man Chol Machot.

No games played.

No games scheduled.

Mississippi State women’s soccer is ranked No. 3 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll and TopDrawerSoccer Top 25 rankings and is No. 4 NCAA RPI. With a 12-1 overall record, the Bulldogs are just one win shy tying the school record for wins in a season. That could come Friday night at Ole Miss.

“Tracked a raccoon one time in the snow. I was in the neighborhood and I was just curious where this raccoon lived. There’s some fresh raccoon tracks. He’d been digging at somebody’s garbage.”

Mississippi State football isn’t winning games on the field and those losses may be impacting the Bulldogs’ upcoming recruiting class.

Last week, four-star offensive lineman Mario Nash Jr. reopened his recruitment after being committed to Mississippi State since this summer.

The latest news came last night with three-star safety Steve Miller switching his commitment from Mississippi State to USC. Miller took an official visit to USC last weekend to see the Trojans nearly beat No. 3 Penn State and announced his new commitment to the Trojans on Monday. Additionally, Kevonte Henry flipped his commitment from Mississippi State to Alabama.

It’s a similar path and outcome as Nash two week ago. Nash took an official visit to Florida State and afterwards reopened his recruiting.

Earlier Monday, Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby was asked about the message he’s trying to send to recruits and here’s what he said:

“Understanding that there there’s a plan in place and we are laying the foundation for something that, to me, is going to be incredibly special. I’ve never been more convicted about where we’re going and the people that are inside this building understand that. They feel that we want different results, we need different results. That is the focus this week is finding a way to just find a way to go and win a football game. But for young people the connection, the vision and where we’re going, not necessarily where we are today, those are things that they’ve bought into and will continue to.”

Well, they may not be buying into it as much thought considering this is the second time the Bulldogs have lost a recruit a few hours after Jeff Lebby’s weekly press conference. (Side note: That leads to a fun game of what did he know when he was speaking at the press conference, but we’ll play that game another time.)

Mississippi State still has a solid recruiting class (see below). The class includes three of the top four juco prospects and six four-star recruits. So, the Bulldogs should be improved. But they’ll need more than a message of hope to avoid losing more recruits.

4-Stars

Zavion Hardy, Edge, East Mississippi Community College

Tony Mitchell, S, East Mississippi Community College

Tyler Lockhart, LB, Winona (Winona, Miss.)

Ferzell Shepard, WR, Scotlandville Magnet (Baton Rogue, La.)

KaMario Taylor, Ath, Noxubee County (Macon, Miss.)

Tyshun Willis, Edge, Velma Jackson (Camden, Miss.)

3-Stars

Davian Jackson, WR, Westgate (New Iberia, La.)

AJ Rice, LB, Madison Academy (Madison, Ala.)

Geron Johnson, RB, Barlett (Bartlett, Tenn.)

Derrion Horsley, CB, East Coweta (Sharpsburg, Ga.)

Sekou Smith Jr., S, Miami Central (Miami, Fla.)

Austin Howard, LB, Bartlett (Batlett, Tenn.)

LaKendrick James, LB, Copiah-Lincoln CC (Wesson, Miss.)

Kolin Wilson, RB, Gulf Shores (Gulf Shores, Ala.)

Christopher Johnson, DL, Robert E. Lee (Montgomery, Ala.)

Josiah Clemons, IOL, Madison Central (Madison, Miss.)

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The Mississippi high school football rankings have updated after an exciting weekend of games in the Magnolia State.

Tupelo holds at No. 1 in the state after a 28-23 win over No. 3 Madison Central last week. Brandon, Starkville and Madison-Ridgeland also each picked up ranked wins.

The On3 Massey Ratings — which were officially used during the BCS era and have generated college high school sports team rankings since 1995 — rank sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule and margin of victory.

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Below are the updated top 25 teams in the Mississippi On3 Massey Ratings, as of Oct. 13.

Tupelo remained undefeated with in a win in one of the state’s biggest games of the weekend. The Golden Wave took down No. 3 Madison Central 28-23 in a Friday night thriller. The win over the Jaguars joins a resume that includes victories over Houston (Tenn.), No. 20 West Point and No. 23 Oxford. Up next for Tupelo is another ranked clash — this time on the road at No. 19 Germantown.

Brandon improved to 6-1 with a 45-10 win over No. 24 Petal. The Bulldogs have won three straight since falling to No. 18 Clinton in a 65-62 shootout in September. This Friday, Brandon will host No. 8 Oak Grove in one of the Mississippi games of the week.

Madison Central fell to 4-2 on the year after losing a 28-23 heartbreaker at top-ranked Tupelo. The Jaguars’ two losses have come to the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the state, having lost to Brandon 21-7 in early September. They do have key wins against No. 21 Ocean Springs, No. 15 Gulfport, No. 16 Northwest Rankin and No. 14 Warren Central. This week, the Jags are huge favorites at home against Murrah.

Starkville hammered No. 19 Germantown 42-0 to move to 6-1 on the year. The Yellowjackets’ lone loss came on Sept. 20 in an electric 42-41 game against No. 9 Louisville. Starkville will close with a brutal stretch of teams — starting this week with No. 18 Clinton before games gainst No. 3 Madison Central and No. 1 Tupelo.

Grenada went into Lake Cormorant as 28-point favorites but just snuck out with the 27-21 win to improve to 7-1. The Chargers’ only loss came in week one to No. 8 Oak Grove. Since then, they have beaten the likes of No. 23 Oxford, No. 18 Clinton, Bartlett and DeSoto Central. Grenada will host Olive Branch this week.

No. 6 Jackson Prep is 8-0 after running away from Presbyterian Christian in a 56-10 win. The Patriots had been waiting to be tested all season until they went up against West Jones two weeks ago. Jackson passed the test, beating West Jones 42-7. It will get another test this week on the road at No. 11 Hartfield Academy before closing out the year against Madison-Ridgeland Academy.

A 44-35 upset victory over Hartfield at home moved Madison-Ridgeland to 6-1 and up to No. 7 in the state rankings. The Patriots lost to Pulaski (Ark.) in early September but have won every game this season against Mississippi opponents. They will play top-50 Jackson Academy this week before a huge showdown with No. 6 Jackson Prep on Oct. 25.

After dropping games in consecutive weeks to No. 10 Hattiesburg and No. 7 Madison-Ridgeland last month, Oak Grove has bounced back with wins against Laurel and No. 25 Meridian — beating the latter 45-30 over the weekend. The Warriors will look to keep the momentum going this Friday as they try for the road upset at No. 2 Brandon.

Louisville beat Kosciusko 38-7 last Friday, marking the Wildcats’ second win since losing to No. 22 Noxubee County on Sept. 27. Louisville does not play a ranked team for the remainder of the regular season and is at least a 35-point favorite in each matchup.

Hattiesburg was idle last weekend. The Tigers are 6-0 this season with wins against No. 24 Petal, Laurel, No. 8 Oak Grove, Biloxi, Sumrall and a Deuce Knight-led George County. Hattiesburg will be back in action this Friday against Forest Hill.

11. Hartfield Academy (-4)
12. South Panola
13. Picayune Memorial
14. Warren Central (+1)
15. Gulfport (+1)

16. Northwest Rankin (+3)
17. West Jones (+1)
18. Clinton (-1)
19. Germantown (-5)
20. West Point

21. Ocean Springs (+2)
22. Noxubee County (-1)
23. Oxford (+2)
24. Petal (-2)
25. Meridian (-1)

Dropped from rankings: N/A