No. 20 Mississippi, Miss. State face off in Egg Bowl rivalry

Mississippi State (7-4, 3-4 SEC) at No. 20 Mississippi (8-3, 4-3, No. 20 CFP), Thursday, 7 p.m. EST (ESPN)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK COLLEGE LINE: Ole Miss by 2 1/2

Sequence file: Ole Miss leads 66-46-6.

WHAT’S AT STAKE?

Mississippi State acquired again on monitor after shedding three of 4 with a 56-7 rout of East Tennessee State. The Bulldogs search their first Egg Bowl win since 2019 and to achieve eight wins for the primary time in 4 years. Ole Miss’s longshot playoff hopes had been dashed with losses in three of the final 4 video games. However the Rebels can maintain their hopes of a second straight 10-win season alive with a victory.

KEY MATCHUP

Which offensive type might be more practical? Ole Miss runs the ball 63.4% of the time whereas the Bulldogs have handed on 70% of their performs. Each offenses rank within the prime 10 nationally of their respective strengths. Ole Miss has the No. 3 operating workforce at 278.7 yards a recreation. Mississippi State is ninth in passing yards per recreation (321.2).

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Mississippi State: QB Will Rogers. The Bulldogs junior continued to pile up information as he moved previous Ole Miss’ Eli Manning for ninth place all-time in SEC passing (10,189 yards) following his 301-yard, five-touchdown efficiency in opposition to ETSU. The convention’s profession chief in completions (1,103) averages a league-best 315.8 yards per recreation and has tossed 32 TDs with simply 5 interceptions.

Mississippi: RB Quinshon Judkins is the SEC’s prime rusher with 1,385 yards and 16 speeding touchdowns. Each are Ole Miss single-season information. Judkins and Zach Evans each topped 200 yards in opposition to Arkansas.

FACTS & FIGURES

It’s the ninety fifth “Battle of the Golden Egg,” with the 2 faculties taking part in for the trophy since 1927. The 2 groups have cut up the final 30 conferences, 15-all. .. MSU cornerback Emmanuel Forbes posted his third interception return for a landing this season in opposition to ETSU to set the FBS profession mark with six. … Ole Miss is the one FBS workforce that has tallied greater than 5,000 yards of complete offense and a pair of,500 speeding yards. … The Rebels lead the SEC and rank No. 2 within the FBS with 78 performs of 20 yards or extra. … Ben Williams, the primary Black participant to look in a varsity soccer recreation for Ole Miss, can have his No. 74 jersey quantity retired.

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