ESPN’s Football Power Index predicts Thursday night’s Egg Bowl
By Andrew Olson
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Matt Luke won his first ever Egg Bowl as a head coach. Will Joe Moorhead be able to do the same in his first year with the Bulldogs? Yes – according to ESPN’s Football Power Index.
The FPI, a measure of team strength predicting outcomes based on 10,000 simulations, is giving Mississippi State a 77.9 percent chance of beating Ole Miss.
Coming off a 52-6 thumping of Arkansas, Mississippi State is ranked No. 22 in the latest Associated Press Top 25. The Bulldogs are 7-4 on the year, but are No. 9 in the FPI rankings (a score based on how many points a team is above average).
Ole Miss is struggling in Luke’s first season sans the interim title. The Rebels are 5-6 on the year, but an Egg Bowl upset would make it a successful season in the eyes of many Ole Miss fans.
The heated rivalry clash is set for a 7:30 p.m. ET from Oxford and will air on ESPN.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
