There are not many seasons where fans of the Mississippi State football team and media alike were expecting great years. Expectations for the 2018 were as high as they have been in some time, but the team has failed to live up to anything close to what fans and media pundits were predicting for the 2018 team.
One other year in which the Mississippi State football team was expected to accomplish great things was in 2001. The Bulldogs were picked by the media to finish second in the SEC West, and some even thought the Bulldogs could win the SEC and the overall SEC title.