The Bulldogs will host the South Carolina Gamecocks for the first time since 2011 . The team will travel to two independent schools , UMass for the first time and to BYU for the first time since 2000 . Mississippi State will host the other two non – conference games against Samford of the Southern Conference and South Alabama of the Sun Belt Conference
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2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team