Mississippi State and Ole Miss are both at home for the first time since their Sept. 3 season openers.
The Bulldogs play host to Bowling Green, while the Rebels welcome Tulsa to Oxford.
More information on Saturday’s games is below.
Bowling Green (1-2) at Mississippi State (2-1)
Where: Davis Wade Stadium (60,133), Starkville.
TV: 11 a.m., Saturday, SEC Network.
Series: MSU leads 1-0.
Coaches — Bowling Green: Scot Loeffler, 8-24 at Bowling Green (4th year), 8-24 overall (4th year); Mississippi State: Mike Leach, 13-14 at Mississippi State (3rd year), 152-104 overall (21st year).
Notes: Mississippi State edged Bowling Green 21-20 in 2013, the only meeting between the two schools all time … MSU linebackers coach Matt Brock was the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach at Bowling Green from 2016-17 … Bowling Green starting linebacker Bryce Brand played with MSU safety Jackie Matthews at West Virginia … Bowling Green coach Scot Loeffler is 1-2 against the Bulldogs as an assistant coach, going 1-1 with Florida and 0-1 with Auburn … MSU QB Will Rogers and Bowling Green QB Matt McDonald are two of seven signal-callers in FBS with multiple games of four or more passing touchdowns.
Prediction: Mississippi State 40, Bowling Green 13.
— Theo DeRosa
Tulsa (2-1) at No. 16 Ole Miss (3-0)
Where: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (64,038), Oxford.
TV: 3 p.m., Saturday, SEC Network.
Series: Tulsa leads 3-0.
Coaches — Tulsa: Phillip Montgomery, 40-47 at Tulsa and overall (8th year). Ole Miss: Lane Kiffin, 18-8 at OM (3rd year) and 80-42 overall (11th year).
Notes: Ole Miss is fifth nationally at 271.1 rushing yards per game … Tulsa leads college football in passing yards per game at 413 yards and is tied for first with 12 passing touchdowns. The Ole Miss defense has given up just once passing touchdown through three games … The Rebels have given up 13 points so far in three games, the fewest since 1963 … Ole Miss and Tulsa both average 43 points per game … The Rebels and Golden Hurricane last played each other in the Bluebonnet Bowl in 1964, a 14-7 Tulsa win.
Prediction: Ole Miss 48, Tulsa 24
— Michael Katz, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Theo DeRosa reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @Theo_DeRosa.
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