Mississippi State·SEC

2014 — The Top-10 Year

Mississippi State finished 2014 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Lost the Orange Bowl
AP final #8 post-bowls
SP+ +7.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sout Mis 49-0 W vs UAB 47-34 W @ Sout Ala 35-3 W @ LSU 34-29 W vs Texas A&M 48-31 W vs Auburn 38-23 W @ Kentucky 45-31 W vs Arkansas 17-10 W vs UT Mar 45-16 L @ Alabama 20-25 W vs Vander 51-0 L @ Ole Miss 17-31 L @ Geor Tec 34-49 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Mississippi State 51, Vanderbilt 0. A 51-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Mississippi State 34, Georgia Tech 49. A 15-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Mississippi State fell to Georgia Tech 34-49 in the postseason.

"Hail State"
— Mississippi State fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Mississippi State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.