Rivalry leaderboard
Battle for Highway 82 Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 77/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 106
- Series record
- Alabama 86-17-3 Mississippi State
- Tracked years
- 1896-2023
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 2014Week 12
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 20, Alabama 25
Winner: Alabama
No. 1 Mississippi State vs. No. 4 Alabama · 5-point margin
Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
77
Game score
Full Game · 2014 Alabama vs. Mississippi State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1981Week 9
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 10, Alabama 13
Winner: Alabama
No. 7 Mississippi State vs. No. 8 Alabama · 3-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
- 1992Week 12
Alabama at Mississippi State
Alabama 30, Mississippi State 21
Winner: Alabama
No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 16 Mississippi State · 9-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
60
Game score
- 1980Week 10
Alabama at Mississippi State
Alabama 3, Mississippi State 6
Winner: Mississippi State
No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 19 Mississippi State · 3-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1994Week 12
Alabama at Mississippi State
Alabama 29, Mississippi State 25
Winner: Alabama
No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 20 Mississippi State · 4-point margin
Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1999Week 12
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 7, Alabama 19
Winner: Alabama
No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 11 Alabama · 12-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
- 1965Week 8
Alabama at Mississippi State
Alabama 10, Mississippi State 7
Winner: Alabama
No. 5 Alabama vs. Unranked Mississippi State · 3-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
- 1963Week 8
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 19, Alabama 20
Winner: Alabama
Unranked Mississippi State vs. No. 7 Alabama · 1-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
- 1996Week 13
Alabama at Mississippi State
Alabama 16, Mississippi State 17
Winner: Mississippi State
No. 8 Alabama vs. Unranked Mississippi State · 1-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
52
Game score
- 1936Week 4
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 0, Alabama 7
Winner: Alabama
Unranked Mississippi State vs. No. 4 Alabama · 7-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 1991Week 10
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 7, Alabama 13
Winner: Alabama
Unranked Mississippi State vs. No. 7 Alabama · 6-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1987Week 10
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 18, Alabama 21
Winner: Alabama
Unranked Mississippi State vs. No. 13 Alabama · 3-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1966Week 8
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 14, Alabama 27
Winner: Alabama
Unranked Mississippi State vs. No. 4 Alabama · 13-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1975Week 9
Alabama at Mississippi State
Alabama 21, Mississippi State 10
Winner: Alabama
No. 6 Alabama vs. Unranked Mississippi State · 11-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1982Week 9
Alabama at Mississippi State
Alabama 20, Mississippi State 12
Winner: Alabama
No. 9 Alabama vs. Unranked Mississippi State · 8-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1954Week 6
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 12, Alabama 7
Winner: Mississippi State
Unranked Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Alabama · 5-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1979Week 10
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 7, Alabama 24
Winner: Alabama
Unranked Mississippi State vs. No. 1 Alabama · 17-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1989Week 10
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 10, Alabama 23
Winner: Alabama
Unranked Mississippi State vs. No. 5 Alabama · 13-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1964Week 8
Alabama at Mississippi State
Alabama 23, Mississippi State 6
Winner: Alabama
No. 2 Alabama vs. Unranked Mississippi State · 17-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1941Week 3
Mississippi State at Alabama
Mississippi State 14, Alabama 0
Winner: Mississippi State
No. 17 Mississippi State vs. No. 15 Alabama · 14-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.