Mississippi State

2-0

SEC · Jeff Lebby, year 3 (9-18) · Davis Wade Stadium · 61,337 · 48,771 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#98 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #35 (+9.4) · FPI #27
The marketSouth Carolina by 3.5at South Carolina · our model 17% Mississippi State · a number, not a pick

LastW 38–13 at Minnesota · Sat Sep 12 · Kamario Taylor 227 pass yds, 3 TD, 86 rush yds

Nextat South Carolina · Sat Sep 19 · 4:15 pm ET · Williams-Brice Stadium · South Carolina by 3.5 · series 7-10, last win 2016 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Mississippi State's faithful can't agree on where this is headed.

Jeff Lebby's year 3 (2026): 2-0, behind Greg Knox's 5-8 in the same spot.

Most Mississippi State fans liked what they saw — but a real minority isn't convinced.

Yeah you cant do that lmao. The most obvious call there

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Lebby is caring too much about how the final score looks. Get KT the fuck out of the game.

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✓ verbatim
belief warmed ↑ 2.1vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
52/100 · 469 mentions · top 27% of FBS
~ our read
Grounding
running on emotion
4% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 30 pts
~ our read
The model
#98
CFB Zeitgeist · -2.7
✓ measured
Explore all 12 corners of the fanbase ↓

The Pulse on Mississippi State

Archive · Wk 2 · 469 mentions · medium confidence
52
Δ +2.1 vs last wk
469 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

Awaiting next signal window
"Cowbells" — Mississippi State fanbase · recurring line
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.00
Local
most bought-in cohort our read
vs
Coldest corner−0.00
National take
coolest cohort our read

How Mississippi State fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

If Oklahoma loses this game, I'm going back to calling them Chokelahoma.

1.6k open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement

All 12 corners of the fanbase

skeptical
buying in
Local+0.18
National take+0.07

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
35%
recent results
17%
where the program is headed
15%
the coaching staff
9%
the schedule
7%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

830 mentions · 6 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checklight on evidence

~ our readMississippi State fans are leaning negative, with a bit less hard evidence than most fanbases.

backed by facts
4% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
25% optimistic32% down

✓ counted We read 469 posts from Mississippi State fans this week.

Press Pulse

17 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

He was as impressive as anybody we had this summer (at the Manning Passing Academy)
Archie Manning · Saturday Down South4 days before Mississippi State's 2026 opener
I don't want to leave this place, bro! I love this place, bro! I love it here! I don't want to go!
Frazier · FOX Sports5 days before the opener
We come and we put work in at this place, you know, Monday through Sunday, and then coming to the game on Saturday, it’s all worth it.
Frazier · FOX Sports5 days before the opener

Fanbase health · Mississippi State

Mississippi State's fanbase is growing — 67 of 100.

Loud (164 weighted voices in the latest week) and middling on the field (5-8 last season, 2-0 so far).

On the field — 5-8 last season, 2-0 so far59
How loud — 164 weighted voices in the latest week74

2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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Rivalry moodBoth fanbases' moods, side by side, week by week.

Egg Bowl

Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read

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Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.

ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim

program directionLimited signal that season

fans believe the team has better players this season

The defense is still very questionable. The D Line isn't getting any kind of pressure. That said, this team is far better than last season.

We look better but idk if we will survive in the SEC slate

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Aug 30, 2025–Sep 21, 2025 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan believes the offensive line has improved pass protection

The kamario heisman campaign begins tonight. But all jokes aside, the less he has to run tonight, the better I’ll feel about the o line play

Yes sir. O line looks much improved. Finally getting some real push in the run game. Protected kamario well.

Based on 2 comments from 1 poster across 2 threads · Sep 5, 2026–Sep 12, 2026 · via CFB

job securityOne fan's take

One fan believes the head coach's job is at risk

Lebbys job is kind of on the line today. Needs another P4 win to inspire confidence

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 12, 2026 · via CFB

job securityOne fan's take that season

One fan argues Lane Kiffin fears losing influence to Jeff Lebby

Lane Kiffin is really doing all this just to beat Mississippi State… can’t believe he’s this scared of Jeff Lebby

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 25, 2026 · via CFB

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program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan argues coaching changes have happened too quickly

I hate this expression. We hear it every time we fire a coach. We heard it after firing Joe Moorhead after two seasons, and we went and hired Mike Leach.

We got a lot of flack when we fired Joe Moorhead after only two seasons. People were saying this all over the place.

Based on 2 comments from 1 poster across 2 threads · Sep 12, 2026–Sep 13, 2026 · via CFB

schedule expectationOne fan's take that season

One fan believes ULM is a weaker opponent than typical competition

I am trying to not overreact to how we’ve done so far, because it’s ULM, but this team does feel better than last year.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 6, 2026 · via CFB

PodcastsThe shows this fanbase actually listens to.

From the booth

a recent episode about this team
The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Mississippi State fans this offseason 41% of posts bring up another team#34 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Ole Miss
Who Mississippi State fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Ole Miss7%
  2. Alabama7%
  3. Minnesota5%
  4. LSU5%
  5. Arkansas2%
share of Mississippi State’s football posts that mention each team
Mississippi State lives rent-free in
  1. Minnesota6%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Mississippi State
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Fanbase Voice 1,208 fan mentions
Measured
Optimism
72nd
Joy
81st
Anger
59th
Doom
46th
Sarcasm
34th
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season Vocabulary

2026MINNESOTA
minnesotakamariolsucollegekamario taylortake
LET'S FREAKING DESTROY minnesota THIS WEEK LETS MAKE IT TO A BOWL GAME WITH 7+ WINS GUYS
2025LEBBY
lebbyshapenheadstadiumbadplease
The patented Jeff lebby QB draw play. 4% of the time, it works every time
2024RECRUITING
recruitingburenvan
Reminder that Miami's biggest recruiting scandal was hooker and cocaine parties for croots on a mega yacht. They got plenty of money.
Defining termsThe handful of terms that carried this season.
Words of the season how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
minnesota×22.8kamario×4.9lsu×9.8college×4.5kamario taylor×17.9
2025
lebby×3.5shapen×15.4head×5.5stadium×5.2bad×9.2
2024
recruiting×5.2buren×23.1van×23.1
Fanbase clusterWhich other fanbases talk the way yours does.
Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0
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