The SEC has become home to some of college football’s most explosive and dangerous offenses. Going into the 2023 season, what are the five best offenses that Mississippi State football will face?
Mississippi State football has a long-standing tradition of fielding high-level defenses within the SEC. The majority of the program’s all-time greats come from the defensive side of the ball. Several of the best defensive players in the NFL today hail from MSU.
This is a program that prides itself on playing great defense, and that’s stayed the case in recent years, even under offensive-minded head coaches. Now with a defensive-minded coach in charge in Zach Arnett, you can absolutely expect that tradition to continue.
And it will need to continue in the 2023 season if Mississippi State wants to be successful. The SEC has become much more offense-centric recently. Many of college football’s top offensive play-callers call the SEC home.
The track-meet type games that SEC fans have long criticized the Big 12 and Pac-12 for have become more regular occurrences in Southeast.
Mississippi State football: 5 most dangerous opposing offenses for 2023
With that in mind, being able to field a top defense capable of limiting the explosive offenses can be a big advantage in the SEC. The 2023 MSU defense should have the talent to be one of the better units in the league. Key players like Jaden Crumedy, Nathaniel Watson, and Jett Johnson return in the front-6, and several talented options are available in the secondary.
But which offenses will present the biggest challenges for the Bulldog defense this fall? Here are the top-5 offenses on Mississippi State’s 2023 schedule: