Mississippi State vs. Eastern Kentucky odds: Early point spread released on Bulldogs, Colonels

Mississippi State Head Coach Jeff Lebby Recaps Second Scrimmage

Mississippi State will open the tenure of their new head coach in Jeff Lebby on Saturday. They will so do in Starkville as a large favorite against Eastern Kentucky.

Per FanDuel, the Bulldogs are a 26.5-point favorite (-110) over the Colonels. The over-under for the game between the two is set at 60.5 points.

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How to watch EKU vs. Mississippi State

Time: 6:00 p.m. EST
Channel: SECN+, ESPN+
Location: Davis Wade Stadium (Starkville, Mississippi)

MSU vs. EKU will be one of three games on SEC Network+ this weekend. Ole Miss will play Furman an hour later at 7 p.m. EST with Auburn playing Alabama A&M a half hour after that at 7:30 EST.

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This will be the first-ever meeting between Mississippi State out of the SEC and Eastern Kentucky from the FCS.

The Bulldogs will kick off their debut year under Lebby against EKU. It will be his first head coaching job after serving as an assistant and coordinator at Baylor, UCF, Ole Miss, and his alma mater in Oklahoma.

Mississippi State went 5-7 in 2023 in their lone season under Zach Arnett. That makes this the third head coach in as many years for the program following the unfortunate passing of Mike Leach at the end of 2022.

Lebby is a respected offensive mind and should now bring some high scoring back to Starkville.

With those points will also hopefully come some more wins with FanDuel setting their win-total at just 4.5 for 2024. It’ll be a difficult first year with half of their schedule being in the Preseason Top-20. That doesn’t include any of their next three after this opener with them being at Arizona State, against Toledo, and versus Florida.

Eastern Kentucky will start this season after going 5-6 last fall. This will be their fifth season under Walt Wells after he previously served two separate stints as an assistant in Richmond. With this past season, EKU is 22-21 through his four seasons as head coach.

Mississippi State has a lot to be excited about with Lebby getting started there this fall. That includes an opening win this weekend as a favorite of over 25 points at home against the Colonels.