If you skim the standings of the SEC West and the ACC Atlantic, Mississippi State and North Carolina State, respectively, will be a ways on down the list.
But just because they didn't show too well in extremely difficult divisions doesn't mean the Bulldogs and Wolfpack are bad teams. That's what makes this Belk Bowl battle very interesting.
Though MSU wound up 4-4 in the SEC and tied for fifth in the division, coach Dan Mullen's team won five of its last seven games, dispatching Arkansas along the way. The Bulldogs also took LSU to the wire early in the season and are led by star senior quarterback Dak Prescott.