Analysis by Christopher Connors for Bleacher Report on each state's most popular sports team, including both college and professional sports. Our own Ole Miss Rebels make the top of the list for Mississippi, with Mississippi State and the Atlanta Braves (courtesy the AA affiliate in Pearl) getting honorable mentions. Per the author, the analysis was conducted via "extensive web research, personal experience, travelling to many of the 50 states and interviewing hundreds of people from a bevy of different locations." While this makes for a fairly subjective study, it is still nice to see an outsider's perspective find that we are the favorite of the state.