Now that the heated rivalry of the Egg Bowl and the Thanksgiving holiday have come and gone, No. 20 Mississippi State (8-4, 4-4) now awaits its fate of which bowl game the Bulldogs will compete in following the final week of the regular season.
For Mississippi State, the chances of playing in a New Year’s Six bowl game are pretty slim as the Bulldogs have four losses and the teams sitting ahead of them have three or fewer losses as Power 5 conference teams except No. 19 Boise State (10-2 from Mountain West), No. 7 UCF (11-0) and No.