STARKVILLE, Miss. (Interstat) — Missouri will put its unbeaten record on the line Saturday when it visits Mississippi State in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Miss. The Tigers are 2-0. The Bulldogs are 3-0 and will be the home team. The forecast at game time calls for 73 degrees Fahrenheit.

Missouri, known as the Tigers, most recently defeated Troy 27-17. Austin Simmons, the Missouri quarterback to watch, passed for 91 yards and a touchdown in that game and rushed for 3 yards. He also has passed for 292 yards and three touchdowns against Kansas and 252 yards and four touchdowns against Arkansas-Pine Bluff this season. Jamal Roberts was productive in the Troy win, rushing 22 times for 128 yards and catching two passes for 13 yards with a touchdown. Xai’Shaun Edwards added three rushes for 9 yards. Missouri also has a 38-21 win at Kansas this season.

Mississippi State, known as the Bulldogs, enters after a 41-34 win at South Carolina. Kamario Taylor, the Mississippi State quarterback to watch, completed 18 of 26 passes for 251 yards and four touchdowns and rushed eight times for 33 yards in that victory. Gracen Harris caught a 7-yard touchdown pass, and Fluff Bothwell rushed 21 times for 115 yards and caught one pass for 22 yards. The Bulldogs also have beaten Minnesota 38-13 and Louisiana-Monroe 62-13 this season.

Davis Wade Stadium will host the matchup between two teams still perfect in the young season. Missouri will be the visitor, while Mississippi State will rely on its home crowd in Starkville. The Tigers have opened with two wins, and the Bulldogs have opened with three. Mississippi State has scored at least 38 points in each of its three wins. Missouri has won each of its first two games by double digits. The Bulldogs will seek a fourth straight win to open the season, and the Tigers will seek a third straight win. Missouri’s upcoming schedule includes home games against Florida and Texas A&M before road games at Ole Miss and Arkansas, with Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Oklahoma also ahead. Mississippi State’s upcoming schedule includes home games against Alabama, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, Auburn and Tennessee Tech and road games at LSU, Texas and Ole Miss.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Mississippi State 28, Missouri 24. Interstat’s ELO system projects Missouri with a 69.4 percent probability to win. Missouri has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +6. The over/under for this game is 58.5.