Ole Miss matches up with Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl this Friday, and ESPN’s FPI predicts the Rebels to come out victorious.
ESPN’s FPI model is giving the Rebels a 78.4% chance to come out the winners of the Egg Bowl, making them the heavy favorite in the FPI model. The model still gives Mississippi State a slight chance, with a 21.6% chance it gets the win against Ole Miss.
Both teams will be coming off byes as they head into this matchup on Friday afternoon.
Ole Miss currently leads the Egg Bowl series with a 66-46-6 record. The Rebels have won four of the last five Egg Bowl matchups, with Mississippi State’s only win in that span coming in 2022 when they upset No. 20 Ole Miss 24-22. In the past two years, the Rebels have won by a combined score of 43-21.
Mississippi State has struggled to stop the top offenses when facing them. The Bulldogs allowed Tennessee to score 41, Texas A&M to score 31, Texas to score 45, Georgia to score 41, and Missouri to score 49. MSU will have another tall task ahead, stopping Trinidad Chambliss and the Rebels’ high-powered offense.
A win for Ole Miss more than likely guarantees this team a bid to the College Football Playoff. The Bulldogs will have a chance to play spoiler on Friday.
