Mississippi State is coming into this game with a 2-9 record this season and they are 0-7 in the conference. They have been awful against SEC teams this season, but even in their losses they are not getting throttled by 20+ points recently. They have lost their last 5 straight games against SEC opponents, but 4 of those 5 losses were by less than 20 points. They have also been much better on offense recently as they have scored 20+ points in their last 6 straight games. They are going up against an Ole Miss team that is 8-3 this season and 4-3 in the conference. They have won 3 of their last 4 games, but they are coming off of a 24-17 loss to Florida in their last game and that game threw a big wrench into their season. Ole Miss has not been scoring a lot against SEC opponents recently either, scoring 28 points or less in each of their last 2 as well as 6 of their last 7 games. Mississippi State has been playing more competitive recently and Ole Miss has not been scoring a lot of points in their recent games either so Mississippi State is going to fight hard to hang around in this game against their rival. Mississippi State has not lost to Ole Miss by over 20 points since 2008 either so they are going to get up for this game and will not allow Ole Miss to run away with it. Mississippi State will cover the spread in this game.