Mizzou football schedule, results, playoff chances after win at Oklahoma

On By Littum

This isn’t so much good news/bad news for the Missouri Tigers, more good news/not the best news.

Yes, Mizzou salvaged its season with Saturday night’s dramatic 30-23 win against Oklahoma, giving it bragging rights over its former Big 12 rival. However, the Tigers are still a bit of a longshot to reach either the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta or the College Football Playoff.

Overall, the Tigers are 7-2, 3-2 in league play, which puts them on the right side (that is, above .500) of the SEC standings. However, there are still several teams in the running that Missouri would have to surpass to finish first or second at the end of the regular season. Tennessee, Texas and Texas A&M all have one SEC loss, while Georgia, Alabama, Ole Miss and LSU also have two losses and have been ranked higher.

Missouri’s two losses were both blowouts, albeit on the road. It also has defeated just one ranked team, Boston College, when the Eagles were ranked No. 24 in September. The Tigers still have a chance to reach the SEC Championship Game, but need some serious help and a crazy final three weeks. Georgia hosts Tennessee next week, and the Lone Star teams close out the season against each other in College Station. so there will already be some big moves in the position. It’s just that Mizzou needs a lot of it.

As for the College Football Playoff, the scenario is the same as the Tigers must climb into the No. 10-12 seed and hope for some serious craziness as the selection committee takes no more than three or four teams from the conference. Mizzou doesn’t have a signature win, as those three SEC wins were against teams that have a combined five wins in league play, and none of the three teams it has yet to play have been overly impressive this season.

Nov. 16: at South Carolina, 3:15 p.m. CT, SEC Network

Nov. 23: at Mississippi State, 2:30 or 3:30 p.m., TBD

Nov. 30: Arkansas, 2:30 or 3:30 p.m., TBD

2024 results

Aug. 29: Murray State, W 51-0
Sept. 7: Buffalo, W 38-0
Sept. 14: No. 24 Boston College, W 27-21
Sept. 21: Vanderbilt, W 30-27 2OT
Oct. 5: at No. 25 Texas A&M, L 41-10
Oct. 12: at Massachusetts, W 45-3
Oct. 19: Auburn, W 21-17
Oct. 26: at No. 15 Alabama, L 34-0
Nov. 9: Oklahoma, W 30-23

SEC Championship Game Tiebreakers

(Per the Southeastern Conference)

Intercompetition among equal teams

Record vs. all regular conference opponents among tied teams

Play against the highest (best) ranked common Conference opponent in the Conference standings and advance through the Conference standings among tied teams

Cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents among tied teams

Limited relative total scoring margin versus all Conference opponents among tied teams

Random draw of the tied teams

College football playoff

The 12 participating teams will be the five highest-ranked conference champions by the CFP selection committee, plus the next seven highest-ranked teams. Alabama was No. 11 entering this weekend.
First round games to be played on 20-21. December / ABC-ESPN-TNT
The quarterfinals will be played on December 31 and January 1 at the Fiesta, Peach, Rose and Sugar Bowls / ESPN
Orange Bowl (Semifinals, Jan. 9), 7:30 p.m. ET / ESPN
Cotton Bowl (Semifinal, Jan. 10), 7:30 p.m. ET / ESPN
CFP National Championship (Atlanta, Ga,), Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

SEC Bowl Possibilities

(From the Southeastern Conference)
Friday, December 20
Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Fla.) – 3:30 p.m. ET / ESPN (US/ACC/SEC)

Friday, December 27
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.) – Noon or 3:30 PM ET / ESPN (US/ACC/SEC)
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, Tenn.) – 7 p.m. / ESPN (SEC vs. Big 12)
Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, Nev.) – 10:30 p.m. / ESPN (SEC vs. Pac-12)

Monday, December 30
TransPerfect Music City Bowl (Nashville) – 2:30 p.m., ET / ESPN (SEC vs. Big Ten)

Tuesday, December 31
ReliaQuest Bowl (Tampa, Fla.) – Noon ET / ESPN (SEC vs. Big Ten or ACC)
Texas Bowl (Houston) – 3:30 p.m. ET / ESPN (SEC vs. Big 12)

Thursday 2 January 2025
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Fla.) – 7:30 p.m. ET / ESPN (ACC vs. SEC)

Note: The SEC alternates with the Big Ten between the Las Vegas Bowl (2020, 2022, 2024) and Duke’s Mayo Bowl (2021, 2023, 2025).

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