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Mississippi State

Polls ranked176of 906
Seasons ranked13of 51
Best rankingNo. 26 times
Polls at No. 10
Longest streak125polls
Rank in every AP poll, 1976–2026 · No. 1 at the topranked in 176 of 906 polls · hover for a poll
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Season by season · 13 ranked seasons, newest first

Rank by season
SeasonPolls, No. 1 at the topPreseason → finalAt No. 1RankedTournament
2023-2024No. 25→unranked3/21
2020-2021No. 6→unranked11/17
2019-2020No. 10→No. 920/20
2018-2019No. 6→No. 420/20Elite Eight
2017-2018No. 7→No. 419/19Runner-up
2016-2017No. 10→No. 719/19Runner-up
2015-2016No. 11→No. 1519/19Sweet Sixteen
2014-2015unranked→No. 1217/19
2009-2010unranked→unranked2/19Sweet Sixteen
2002-2003No. 24→No. 1319/19
2001-2002unranked→unranked1/18
2000-2001No. 17→unranked11/19
1999-2000unranked→No. 1215/19

Statistics · the full details

Statistics
StatisticValueFirst and most recentMore
Best ranking2
6 times
Most recent: February 26, 2018
All 14
# Polls Ranked176
First: December 6, 1999 (25)
Most recent: November 27, 2023 (21)
All 176
# Polls Ranked No. 10-
# Polls Ranked Top 533
First: December 5, 2016 (5)
Most recent: March 18, 2019 (4)
All 33
# Polls Ranked Top 1086
First: March 3, 2003 (10)
Most recent: November 30, 2020 (6)
All 86
# Polls Ranked Top 15127
First: March 6, 2000 (12)
Most recent: January 11, 2021 (14)
All 127
# Polls Ranked Top 20153
First: January 3, 2000 (20)
Most recent: January 18, 2021 (19)
All 153
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked125November 24, 2014 - February 1, 2021All 7
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked No. 10-
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 514December 11, 2017 - March 12, 2018All 5
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 1063November 1, 2016 - December 2, 2019All 4
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 1588March 7, 2016 - January 11, 2021All 9
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 20119December 22, 2014 - January 18, 2021All 7
# Seasons Ranked13
First: 1999-2000
Most recent: 2023-2024
All 13
# Seasons Ranked No. 10-
# Seasons Ranked Top 53
First: 2016-2017
Most recent: 2018-2019
All 3
# Seasons Ranked Top 107
First: 2002-2003
Most recent: 2020-2021
All 7
# Seasons Ranked Top 1510
First: 1999-2000
Most recent: 2020-2021
All 10
# Seasons Ranked Top 2011
First: 1999-2000
Most recent: 2020-2021
All 11
# Seasons Preseason Ranked9
First: 2000-2001
Most recent: 2023-2024
All 9
# Seasons Preseason Ranked No. 10-
# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 50-
# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 105
First: 2016-2017
Most recent: 2020-2021
All 5
# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 156
First: 2015-2016
Most recent: 2020-2021
All 6
# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 207
First: 2000-2001
Most recent: 2020-2021
All 7
# Seasons Finished Ranked8
First: 1999-2000
Most recent: 2019-2020
All 8
# Seasons Finished Ranked No. 10-
# Seasons Finished Ranked Top 52
First: 2017-2018
Most recent: 2018-2019
All 2
# Seasons Finished Ranked Top 104
First: 2016-2017
Most recent: 2019-2020
All 4
# Seasons Finished Ranked Top 158
First: 1999-2000
Most recent: 2019-2020
All 8
# Seasons Finished Ranked Top 208
First: 1999-2000
Most recent: 2019-2020
All 8
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked72014-2015 - 2020-2021All 4
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked No. 10-
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked Top 532016-2017 - 2018-2019
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked Top 1062015-2016 - 2020-2021All 2
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked Top 1572014-2015 - 2020-2021All 3
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked Top 2072014-2015 - 2020-2021All 4
Largest Poll-to-Poll Rise6No. 25 (November 16, 2009) → No. 19 (November 23, 2009)All 33
Largest In-Season Poll-to-Poll Rise6No. 25 (November 16, 2009) → No. 19 (November 23, 2009)All 30
Largest Preseason-to-Final Rise14
2 times
First: Unranked (November 9, 1999) → No. 12 (March 13, 2000)
Most recent: Unranked (October 30, 2014) → No. 12 (March 16, 2015)
All 7
Largest Poll-to-Poll Fall13No. 13 (March 17, 2003) → Unranked (November 10, 2003)All 22
Largest In-Season Poll-to-Poll Fall8No. 14 (December 4, 2000) → No. 22 (December 11, 2000)All 25
Largest Preseason-to-Final Fall20No. 6 (November 10, 2020) → Unranked (March 15, 2021)All 4