That Mississippi State, the worst team in the SEC a year ago, could knock off last year's Big 12 champion would normally be cause for Greg Sankey to drive his car through Brett Yormark's rose garden while leaning out the window yelling,

Central Arkansas beat UA-Pine Bluff 41-17, Maryville College defeated Hendrix 40-14, and East Texas Baptist beat Lyon College 47-8 in the first week of college football action in the Natural State.