Wk 2 · 2026
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Minnesota Golden Gophers — Sat, Sep 12
Sat, Sep 12 ·
Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
· CBS
SEC · no games yet
at
3:30pET
no line posted yet
Big Ten · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
Efficiency · 2025 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Mississippi St form
L 19-38vs MISSL 27-49at MIZL 21-41vs UGAW 38-35at ARKL 38-45vs TEX
2025 season
Minnesota form
W 17-7vs WISL 35-38at NUL 13-42at OREW 23-20vs MSUL 3-41at IOWA
2025 season
Mississippi St this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Minnesota this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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Series history · 2006–2026
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
Mississippi St leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Blake Shapen QB #2 | 195/303, 2433 YDS, 15 TD, 8 INT |
| Kamario Taylor QB #1 | 30/55, 388 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Fluff Bothwell RB #24 | 128 CAR, 639 YDS, 6 TD |
| Davon Booth RB #6 | 136 CAR, 553 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Kamario Taylor QB #1 | 64 CAR, 395 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Receiving | Brenen Thompson WR #0 | 53 REC, 948 YDS, 6 TD |
| Anthony Evans III WR #3 | 63 REC, 751 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Seydou Traore TE #8 | 34 REC, 358 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Ayden Williams WR #11 | 19 REC, 222 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Jahron Manning S #13 | 85 |
| Nic Mitchell LB #40 | 72 | |
| Brylan Lanier S #3 | 65 | |
| Sacks | Nic Mitchell LB #40 | 2.5 |
| Will Whitson DL #43 | 2 | |
| Kalvin Dinkins DL #35 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Brylan Lanier S #3 | 3 |
| Kelley Jones CB #1 | 2 | |
| Hunter Washington S #21 | 1 |
Minnesota leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Drake Lindsey QB #5 | 228/361, 2235 YDS, 16 TD, 6 INT |
| Max Shikenjanski QB #6 | 4/5, 80 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | Darius Taylor RB #1 | 119 CAR, 554 YDS, 3 TD |
| Fame Ijeboi RB #2 | 97 CAR, 441 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Grant Washington RB #21 | 21 CAR, 132 YDS | |
| Receiving | Le'Meke Brockington WR #0 | 46 REC, 484 YDS, 4 TD |
| Javon Tracy WR #11 | 35 REC, 439 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Jalen Smith WR #8 | 22 REC, 355 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Darius Taylor RB #1 | 30 REC, 222 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Maverick Baranowski LB #6 | 86 |
| Devon Williams LB #9 | 82 | |
| Koi Perich DB #3 | 77 | |
| Sacks | Anthony Smith DL #0 | 10.5 |
| Karter Menz DL #11 | 5.5 | |
| Jaxon Howard DL #1 | 4 | |
| Interceptions | John Nestor DB #17 | 5 |
| Kerry Brown DB #14 | 2 | |
| Koi Perich DB #3 | 1 |
Player production is per game from the
2025 season, for players on the current roster.