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Football Ranked for Ninth Straight Week
September 04, 2018 | Football
by Brandon Langlois, Associate Director/Communications
STARKVILLE – Following its 63-6 season-opening win against Stephen F. Austin, Mississippi State remains in the national rankings for the ninth consecutive week. The Bulldogs are 18th in the latest Associated Press Top 25 and 18th in the Amway Coaches Poll released Monday, holding their same ranking in each poll from the preseason.
MSU was dominant on both sides of the ball last Saturday. Keytaon Thompson, making just his second career start, tied the SEC and MSU single-game record for touchdowns responsible (7) while accounting for 473 yards of total offense. He tied the MSU single-game record with five touchdown passes and became just the third player in Bulldog history with over 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game. Thompson tallied his third-straight 100-yard game on the ground and added two scores.
Defensively, Johnathan Abram recorded a game-high eight tackles, while preseason All-Americans Montez Sweat and Jeffery Simmons combined for seven tackles for loss with two sacks coming from Sweat. MSU finished the game with a school-record 17 tackles for loss, breaking the previous mark of 15 against Troy (2015) and Alcorn State (2010).
MSU will make its first trip to Manhattan, Kansas, since 1977 as the Bulldogs (1-0) take on Kansas State (1-0) at 11 a.m. CT Saturday in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN following College GameDay. Mark Jones (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst) and Molly McGrath (sideline) will call the action. The all-time series between the two teams is tied 1-1.
For complete gameday and stadium information, visit HailState.com/gameday.
AP Top 25
Week 2: Sept. 4, 2018
1. Alabama (48)
2. Clemson (12)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin (1)
6. Oklahoma
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Washington
10. Stanford
11. LSU
12. Virginia Tech
13. Penn State
14. West Virginia
15. Michigan State
16. TCU
17. USC
18. Mississippi State
19. UCF
20. Boise State
21. Michigan
22. Miami
23. Oregon
24. South Carolina
25. Florida
Amway USA Today Coaches Poll
Week 2: Sept. 4, 2018
1. Alabama (59)
2. Clemson (3)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State (1)
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Stanford
10. Penn State
11. Washington
12. USC
13. Michigan State
14. Virginia Tech
15. LSU
16. TCU
17. West Virginia
18. Mississippi State
19. Boise State
20. UCF
21. Miami
22. Michigan
23. Oklahoma State
24. South Carolina
25. Florida
STARKVILLE – Following its 63-6 season-opening win against Stephen F. Austin, Mississippi State remains in the national rankings for the ninth consecutive week. The Bulldogs are 18th in the latest Associated Press Top 25 and 18th in the Amway Coaches Poll released Monday, holding their same ranking in each poll from the preseason.
MSU was dominant on both sides of the ball last Saturday. Keytaon Thompson, making just his second career start, tied the SEC and MSU single-game record for touchdowns responsible (7) while accounting for 473 yards of total offense. He tied the MSU single-game record with five touchdown passes and became just the third player in Bulldog history with over 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game. Thompson tallied his third-straight 100-yard game on the ground and added two scores.
Defensively, Johnathan Abram recorded a game-high eight tackles, while preseason All-Americans Montez Sweat and Jeffery Simmons combined for seven tackles for loss with two sacks coming from Sweat. MSU finished the game with a school-record 17 tackles for loss, breaking the previous mark of 15 against Troy (2015) and Alcorn State (2010).
MSU will make its first trip to Manhattan, Kansas, since 1977 as the Bulldogs (1-0) take on Kansas State (1-0) at 11 a.m. CT Saturday in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN following College GameDay. Mark Jones (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst) and Molly McGrath (sideline) will call the action. The all-time series between the two teams is tied 1-1.
For complete gameday and stadium information, visit HailState.com/gameday.
AP Top 25
Week 2: Sept. 4, 2018
1. Alabama (48)
2. Clemson (12)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin (1)
6. Oklahoma
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Washington
10. Stanford
11. LSU
12. Virginia Tech
13. Penn State
14. West Virginia
15. Michigan State
16. TCU
17. USC
18. Mississippi State
19. UCF
20. Boise State
21. Michigan
22. Miami
23. Oregon
24. South Carolina
25. Florida
Amway USA Today Coaches Poll
Week 2: Sept. 4, 2018
1. Alabama (59)
2. Clemson (3)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State (1)
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Stanford
10. Penn State
11. Washington
12. USC
13. Michigan State
14. Virginia Tech
15. LSU
16. TCU
17. West Virginia
18. Mississippi State
19. Boise State
20. UCF
21. Miami
22. Michigan
23. Oklahoma State
24. South Carolina
25. Florida
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