We are able to now rule out the CFP for Mizzou, however which postseason video games are on the desk?
Missouri soccer’s third lack of the season, which formally eradicated the Tigers from contending for a spot within the Faculty Soccer Playoff, arrived Saturday, when Mizzou was run down 38-17 by Texas A&M in Columbia.
The Tigers (6-3, 2-3 SEC) are already bowl eligible, that means they are going to play in a postseason recreation irrespective of how the rest of the season goes.
Mizzou’s subsequent recreation is Saturday, Nov. 15, at dwelling against Mississippi State (5-5, 1-5) in Columbia. The sport is scheduled kick off at 6:45 p.m. and can air on SEC Community.
With three video games left to play within the common season, right here is the place varied nationwide media retailers have Missouri projected to play within the postseason of their up to date bowl projections:
Neither Mark Schlabach or Kyle Bonagura or ESPN modified their projected bowl website for Missouri of their up to date projections.
Bonagura has tabbed the Tigers for a Music Metropolis Bowl look on Dec. 30 in Nashville, Tennessee, for a Large Eight/12 reunion with Nebraska. The Cornhuskers are at present 7-3 with a 4-3 mark in Large Ten play.
Mizzou performed within the Music Metropolis Bowl final season, beating Iowa to cap a 10-win season. It appears unlikely, however not unattainable, that MU would head to the identical website in two straight seasons.
Schlabach nonetheless initiatives Mizzou to go to Charlotte, North Carolina, for a Jan. 2 recreation towards Duke within the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Duke is 5-4 on the yr however is in a singular place as a result of solely one in all its losses has are available ACC play. The Blue Devils nonetheless have a shot to make the ACC title recreation, though the convention is at present a blender.
Missouri has by no means appeared within the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
One other regional reunion that makes some sense. Scott Dochterman of The Athletic is also sending the Tigers to face Iowa State within the Texas Bowl on Dec. 27 in Houston.
Missouri has performed Iowa State 104 instances in its historical past, however not because the Tigers left the Large 12.
The Tigers’ final journey to the Texas Bowl was a 2017 loss to Texas.
Braggin’ Rights down Broadway?
Erick Smith of USA Today has Mizzou projected to resume its Braggin’ Rights rivalry with Illinois within the Music Metropolis Bowl on Dec. 30 in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Illini are 6-3 with a 3-3 document in Large Ten play. Missouri, as talked about above, performed within the Music Metropolis Bowl final season.
Mizzou hasn’t performed Illinois since 2010, however this annual basketball rivalry is ready to get a soccer rebirth quickly.
Earlier this yr, Mizzou and Illinois altered their upcoming collection to drop video games in 2026 and 2032. Meaning the primary at present scheduled recreation within the revived collection is for 2027 in Columbia.
The repeats are common this week.
Brad Crawford of CBS Sports activities projected that Missouri will tackle Iowa on Dec. 31 within the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Florida. The Tigers beat Iowa within the Music Metropolis Bowl final season.
The Hawkeyes, after a slim loss to Oregon final Saturday, are 6-3 on the season with a 4-2 mark in Large Ten play.
The ReliaQuest Bowl was beforehand referred to as the Outback Bowl. Earlier than that, it was referred to as the Corridor of Fame Basic. Mizzou appeared within the Corridor of Fame Basic one time, beating South Carolina in 1979.
The bowl is now performed at Raymond-James Stadium, dwelling of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in addition the place MU misplaced to Wake Forest within the 2022 Gasparilla Bowl.