Will Mississippi St.'s awful scheduling keep it out of the playoff at the end of the season? The 4 non-con games for MSU are Southern Miss, UAB, South Alabama, and UT Martin. South Alabama at 6-4 (5-3 in the Sun Belt) is the best opponent of those 4. MSU's 3 big conference wins all lost this past weekend (at least 2 of the losses were to vastly inferior teams as well), and thus it really is relying on Mississippi not losing again before their big game to close the year.
So if it comes down to MSU, TCU, Baylor, and Ohio St. (or some combination thereof), might MSU's terrible scheduling keep it out of the playoff.