Mississippi State and the SEC announced the 2024 football schedule on December 13, 2023. The 2024 Bulldogs' schedule consisted of 7 home games and 5 away games for the regular season. Mississippi State hosted four SEC conference opponents
Arkansas,
Florida,
Missouri and
Texas A&M at home and travelled to four SEC opponents,
Georgia,
Ole Miss (
Egg Bowl),
Tennessee and
Texas to close out the SEC regular season on the road. The Bulldogs’ bye weeks came in week 6 and 12 (October 5 and November 16, respectively). As Texas was one of two new members of the SEC that joined in July 2024, the Bulldogs played the Longhorns for the first time since the
1998 season at the
1999 Cotton Bowl Classic. Texas won the 2024 rematch 35-13. With the two new teams to the SEC (
Oklahoma and Texas) and the conference dropping divisions in a new scheduling format, Mississippi State in 2024 did not play notable SEC rivals for the first time in years;
Alabama (1947),
Auburn (1954),
Kentucky (1989) and
LSU (1943). The 2024 season's out-of-conference opponents represented the
Big 12,
MAC and the
United Athletic (UAC) conferences, along with an
FBS independent team. The Bulldogs hosted three of their four non–conference games against
FCS opponent
Eastern Kentucky,
Toledo from the MAC, and
UMass, who was an FBS independent. The Bulldogs travelled to
Arizona State for the first time in program history on September 7, 2024. The three other non-conference teams that Mississippi State faced in 2024 were also the first ever meetings in program history. ==Personnel==