QB-driven coach Mike Leach, No. 23 Mississippi State face Arkansas

Coach Mike Leach has Mississippi State back in the national spotlight.

For the first time since 2020, the Bulldogs are in The Associated Press' Top 25, slotting at 23rd as they prepare to face Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas on Saturday in Starkville, Miss.

It marks the first time the Bulldogs (4-1, 1-1) have been in the Top 25 since Sept. 27, 2020.

In Leach's first game the day before that ranking, his team steam