Mississippi State and Ole Miss basketball will play each other Jan. 17 and Feb. 14 during the 2025-26 season. The first game will be at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, with the second game at SJB Pavilion in Oxford. Both of the games are on Saturdays.
The full SEC schedules were announced on Aug. 6. The Rebels’ first SEC game is Jan. 3 at Oklahoma, while the Bulldogs will travel to Texas on that same day.
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Start times and TV channels will be announced at a later date.
Ole Miss’ first home SEC game is against Arkansas on either Jan. 6 or 7. MSU will host Oklahoma on one of those two days. The Rebels get Florida, the defending national champions, at home on Feb. 21, while Mississippi State will play at Florida on either March 3 or 4 in the second-to-last game.
Mississippi State hosts Auburn on either Feb. 17 or 18. KeShawn Murphy, MSU’s second leading scorer last season, transferred to Auburn.
MSU coach Chris Jans is 5-1 against Ole Miss in his three seasons as the coach with three straight wins. The Bulldogs were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament last season while the Rebels made their first Sweet 16 appearance since 2001.
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Mississippi State has announced its full season schedule while Ole Miss hasn’t.
Ole Miss basketball schedule 2025-26
These are the games that have been announced so far:
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Jan. 6 or 7: vs. Arkansas
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Jan. 13 or 14: at Georgia
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Jan. 17: at Mississipi State
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Jan. 20 or 21: vs. Auburn
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Feb. 3 or 4: at Tennessee
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Feb. 10 or 11: vs. Alabama
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Feb. 14: vs. Mississippi State
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Feb. 17 or 18: at Texas A&M
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March 3 or 4: at Vanderbilt
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March 7: vs. South Carolina
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Mississippi State basketball schedule 2025-26
Here’s the full Mississippi State schedule:
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Nov. 5: vs. North Alabama
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Nov. 10: vs. Iowa State (in Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
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Nov. 15: vs. Southeastern Louisiana
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Nov. 20: vs. Kansas State (Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Missouri)
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Nov. 21: vs. Nebraska or New Mexico (Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Missouri)
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Dec. 7: vs. San Francisco (in Tupelo)
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Dec. 29: vs. Alabama State
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Jan. 6 or 7: vs. Oklahoma
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Jan. 13 or 14: vs. Alabama
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Jan. 20 or 21: at Texas A&M
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Feb. 17 or 18: vs. Auburn
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Feb. 21: at South Carolina
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Feb. 24 or 25: at Alabama
Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@gannett.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.
This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Ole Miss, Mississippi State basketball SEC schedules for 2025-26
