- - Longest conference losing streaks in SEC: Mississippi State seeks to end 16-game skid

Austin Curtright, USA TODAY NETWORKNovember 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM

0

While Mississippi State football is much improved in Year 2 under coach Jeff Lebby, the Bulldogs still haven't seen an uptick in the win column yet.

The Bulldogs are winless in SEC play this season, despite nearly knocking off Tennessee earlier in the year and blowing a 17-point lead against Texas in Week 9. They're hoping to avoid history as the losing streak in conference games continues to climb.

REQUIRED READING: Texas A&M, BYU rise in college football's NCAA Re-Rank 1-136 after Week 9

Mississippi State's best chance at its first conference win in over two seasons comes on Saturday, Nov. 1, when it travels to face Arkansas, who's also winless against SEC teams in 2025.

The game is likely to be a shootout, as the Bulldogs and Razorbacks both have strong offenses and leaky defenses.

Here's a look at the longest losing streaks in conference play in SEC history.

Longest SEC conference losing streaks

Note: Sewanee's record ended because it became an Independent after the 1939 season.

Here are the longest conference losing streaks in SEC history, which includes Sewanee, a founding member of the conference that's now a Division III program.

1. Sewanee: 36 games (1933-39)

2. Vanderbilt: 33 games (1976-81)

3. Vanderbilt: 23 games (2000-03)

4. Vanderbilt: 22 games (1995-98)

5. Mississippi State: 21 games (1965-68)

6. Arkansas: 20 games (2017-20)

7. South Carolina: 18 games (1997-99)

T-8. Arkansas: 17 games (2012-14)

T-8. Kentucky: 17 games (2012-14)

T-8. Kentucky: 17 games (1969-71)

T-11. Mississippi State: 16 games (2023-present)

T-11. Ole Miss: 16 games (2010-12)

Mississippi State football losing streak vs SEC teams

Mississippi State's losing streak in SEC play started in 2023, after its 27-13 loss to Auburn on Oct. 28, 2023.

The Bulldogs finished 1-7 in conference games in 2023, with their lone win coming against Arkansas in a 7-3 victory.

If Mississippi State beats Arkansas on Nov. 1, that would make the Razorbacks the only two SEC wins for the Bulldogs in the last three seasons. Mississippi State also beat Arkansas in 2022, which means the Razorbacks would also mark three of the Bulldogs' six SEC wins in the last four seasons.

Four of those wins came in 2022, the final season under the late Mike Leach.

Here's a look at each of Mississippi State's last five wins in conference play:

Oct. 21, 2023: Mississippi State 7, Arkansas 3

Nov. 24, 2022: Mississippi State 24, Ole Miss 22

Nov. 5, 2022: Mississippi State 39, Auburn 33

Oct. 8, 2022: Mississippi State 40, Arkansas 17

Oct. 1, 2022: Mississippi State 42, Texas A&M 24

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Longest conference losing streaks in SEC: Mississippi State at 16 games

Original Article on Source

Source: “AOL Sports”