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SEC opponents announced for Mississippi State's 2025-26 slate

Paul Jones Mississippi State Bulldogsby:Paul Jones•06/18/25•

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Mississippi State still has a couple more parts of the 2025-26 non-conference schedule to fall into place. But on Wednesday, the Bulldogs learned of their SEC opponents for this upcoming season. Dates and TV assignments will be released at a later time.

As in previous seasons, Mississippi State will have a home-and-home series with a trio of SEC foes. This season the Bulldogs maintain home-and-home series with Alabama and Ole Miss, and will also face Missouri twice this season.

With SEC home games in the 2025-26 season, all nine of the SEC matchups at Humphrey Coliseum feature teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago. Along with the mentioned home games against Alabama, Ole Miss and Missouri, State will also host Tennessee, Auburn, Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.

Looking at the SEC road schedule, including trips to Alabama, Ole Miss and Missouri, the Bulldogs will travel to Florida, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Texas and Texas A&M.

Mississippi State finished 21-13 this past season, including an 8-10 mark inside the SEC. The Bulldogs advanced to the program’s third straight NCAA Tournament under head coach Chris Jans and dropped a 75-72 decision to Baylor in the first round. During last season, the Bulldogs posted a 13-3 non-conference record, which included a 6-0 record at home, 2-0 mark on the road and a 5-3 record in neutral site non-conference games.

With at least 21 victories in the past three seasons, Jans is one of four head coaches in SEC history to total at least 21 victories and advance to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first three campaigns.

2025-26 Mississippi State non-conference schedule

Nov. 10 vs. Iowa State in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Nov. 15 Southeastern Louisiana at Humphrey Coliseum
Nov. 20-21 Hall of Fame Classic in St. Louis, Mo. (Kansas State, Nebraska and New Mexico also in the event)
Nov. 24 New Orleans at Humphrey Coliseum
Nov. 28 SMU at Humphrey Coliseum
Dec. 2 or 3 at Georgia Tech (SEC/ACC Challenge)
Dec. 16 Long Island at Humphrey Coliseum
Dec. 20 Memphis at Humphrey Coliseum

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