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Minnesota adds home-and-home with SEC foe
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Yes, there will be another B1G vs. SEC battle in the regular season.
Unfortunately, Mississippi State and Minnesota won’t square off for another decade.
The Gophers announced on Wednesday that they lined up a home-and-home with Mississippi State in 2026 and 2027. Minnesota will host the Bulldogs on Sept. 12, 2026 and travel to Starkville on Sept. 11, 2027.
It’ll mark the first meeting ever between the two teams. Mississippi State hasn’t faced a B1G team in the regular season since 1980.
Here’s Minnesota’s future schedule as it stands:
2017
- 08/31 – Buffalo
- 09/09 – at Oregon State
- 09/16 – Middle Tennessee
2018
- 08/30 – New Mexico State
- 09/08 – Fresno State
- 09/15 – Miami (OH)
2019
- 08/29 – South Dakota State
- 09/14 – Georgia Southern
- 09/07 – at Fresno State
2020
- 09/03 – New Mexico State
- 09/12 – Miami (OH)
- 09/26 – BYU
2021
- 09/18 – at Colorado
2022
- 09/17 – Colorado
2025
- 09/20 – at BYU
2026
- 09/12 — vs. Mississippi State
2027
- 09/11 — at Mississippi State
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.