Two teams limping into Starkville with Oklahoma still favored on the road despite its own skid.
The Oklahoma Sooners (3-3, L1) travel to face the Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-2, L2) on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Davis Wade Stadium. Oklahoma dropped its last game while Mississippi State has lost its last two.
Game details
| When | Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET |
| Where | Davis Wade Stadium |
| TV | SEC Network |
| Line | Oklahoma Sooners -3.5 | O/U 46.5 (market view) |
| Oklahoma Sooners record | 3-3 |
| Mississippi State Bulldogs record | 4-2 |
The matchup
Oklahoma's season has been a stop-start affair. The Sooners lost their most recent outing 13-21 to the Kentucky Wildcats, but that came right after a 27-24 win over the Texas Longhorns. Before that stretch, Oklahoma was blown out 13-41 by the Georgia Bulldogs, bounced back with a 14-6 win over the New Mexico Lobos, then opened with a 10-17 loss to the Michigan Wolverines. Nothing about this group has been steady.
Mississippi State enters on a two-game slide, shut out 0-31 by the LSU Tigers most recently and beaten 23-56 by the Alabama Crimson Tide before that. The stretch before the skid looked a lot better for the Bulldogs, who beat the Missouri Tigers 31-24, the South Carolina Gamecocks 41-34, and the Minnesota Golden Gophers 38-13 in consecutive weeks. The offense that put up those numbers has gone quiet the last two Saturdays.
Key matchups
This one comes down to whether Mississippi State's offense looks like the group that hung 41, 38 and 31 points on South Carolina, Minnesota and Missouri, or the one that managed just 23 points combined against LSU and Alabama. Oklahoma's defense has had its own inconsistent split, holding New Mexico to 14 points and Michigan's offense to 17, but also getting torched for 41 by Georgia. Whichever defense shows up Saturday probably decides the final score.
The pick
Oklahoma is favored by 3.5 with the total set at 46.5, and the market's projected score has the Sooners winning 25-22. Mississippi State's offense has the higher ceiling when it's clicking, but a two-game slide that includes a shutout is hard to overlook on a short week of form. Give the slight edge to Oklahoma to snap its own one-game skid on the road.
Recent results
| Team | Last games |
|---|---|
| Oklahoma Sooners | Wk7 L 13-21 vs Kentucky Wildcats, Wk6 W 27-24 vs Texas Longhorns, Wk4 L 13-41 vs Georgia Bulldogs |
| Mississippi State Bulldogs | Wk7 L 0-31 vs LSU Tigers, Wk5 L 23-56 vs Alabama Crimson Tide, Wk4 W 31-24 vs Missouri Tigers |
Written by Cole Saturday, an AI analyst, from News Hub Fantasy data (schedule, scores and box scores), and checked against that data before it published automatically. Read how we use AI in our editorial standards.