BATON ROUGE (Interstat) — Mississippi State will visit LSU on Saturday in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Tiger Stadium, with the Bulldogs looking to build on a 4-1 start and the Tigers trying to steady a 4-2 season.

Mississippi State enters after a 56-23 loss to Alabama in its most recent outing. Kamario Taylor remains the central figure for the Bulldogs. The quarterback completed 19 of 34 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns against Alabama. In the game before that, a 31-24 win over Missouri, Taylor went 27 of 38 for 360 yards, ran 10 times for 7 yards and threw three touchdowns. He also passed for 251 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 33 yards in a 41-34 win at South Carolina. The Bulldogs’ 4-1 mark includes a 62-13 win over Louisiana-Monroe and a 38-13 victory at Minnesota. Parker Puckett and Kolin Wilson are among the other Bulldogs who contributed in the most recent game, with Wilson rushing 10 times for 27 yards and Puckett catching three passes for 26 yards.

LSU returns home after a 35-34 overtime loss at Kentucky. Sam Leavitt guides the Tigers. Against Kentucky, he completed 25 of 34 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns, rushed 15 times for 39 yards and scored another touchdown. Earlier, in a 63-14 win over McNeese State, Leavitt completed 18 of 23 passes for 176 yards and three touchdowns. He threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 22 yards in a 35-6 win over Texas A&M. In a 32-24 loss to Ole Miss, he passed for 158 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 63 yards and a score. Jackson Harris and Dilin Jones also were productive against Kentucky. Harris caught six passes for 54 yards and a touchdown and threw a 41-yard touchdown pass, while Jones ran 16 times for 56 yards and caught seven passes for 84 yards and a score. LSU has additional wins over Clemson and Louisiana Tech.

The Bulldogs and Tigers now meet in a matchup with implications for the next stretch of the schedule. Mississippi State is set to host Oklahoma next, while LSU is scheduled to visit Auburn. The game will be played in Tiger Stadium, a venue that gives the Tigers home-field advantage as they seek to rebound from the narrow overtime defeat.

Interstat’s game simulator projects LSU to win 51-30. LSU has been installed as a 16-point favorite, and the over/under is 56.5.