Mississippi State University NCAA News

My preliminary Conerly Trophy ballot was faxed in Monday morning with 10 players on it, one from each of the state's four-year football-playing colleges and universities.

Despite back-to-back wins over Southeastern Louisiana and Bethune-Cookman this week, Mississippi State did little to assuage the myopic voters who had dropped them from the Top 25 following their season opening loss to Rider.

Losing an early non-conference game against a mid-major can be an early death sentence for some teams, but for others it can just be a blip on a radar soon forgotten.

Jarvis Varnado scored 10 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and became the all-time leading shot-blocker in the Southeastern Conference as Mississippi State beat Bethune-Cookman 67-51 on Saturday night.

LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas has certainly made the most of this recent homestand. After an ugly loss at Ole Miss, the Razorbacks returned to familiar turf and beat Eastern Michigan, South Carolina and Troy convincingly.

Time: 12:21 p.m. TV: WVLT. Skinny: Chattanooga is getting $400,000 and some nice TV exposure to get beat up by the Crimson Tide.

Mississippi State got some quick healing from a handful of injured players and the usual strong effort from Jarvis Varnado to get its first win of the season Thursday night.

Jarvis Varnado had 20 points, nine rebounds and eight blocks to lead Mississippi State to a 82-67 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday night.

The University of Arkansas Razorback football team returned to the practice field Wednesday afternoon for a workout inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

Three penalties. Three turnovers forced, none committed. And a commanding 444-213 edge in total yards.

Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury has suspended forward Kodi Augustus for two games.

Don't look now, but I think Rotnei Clarke just sank another 3-pointer. Let's do the Monday Look Back ... Isiah Thomas wasn't happy that Tulsa kept its starters in despite a big lead.

Mark Ingram ran for 149 yards and two scores, as third-ranked Alabama kept its perfect season going with a 31-3 rout of Mississippi State.

Mark Ingram ran for 147 yards and two scores, as third-ranked Alabama kept its perfect season going with a 31-3 rout of Mississippi State.Ingram, who played part of the contest with a bandage on a cut above his right eye, piled up his yardage on 18 carries, which included a 70-yard TD run.

Star running back Anthony Dixon found it tough to run against Alabama last year in a 32-7 loss to the Tide.

The 18th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs open up their 98th season of basketball this evening, as they welcome the Rider Broncs to Starkville.

Last season, Mississippi State made a late run to capture the SEC tournament title and their 10th NCAA tournament berth in school history.

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low The countdown to Alabama vs. Florida II began last Saturday night when the Crimson Tide were putting the finishing touches on their 24-15 win over LSU.

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Alabama has already clinched a spot in the SEC title game, but there's still a lot at stake over the final weeks of the regular season.