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Mizzou shot released its 2026 schedule connected Thursday. The 17-game slate features 8 location matches and 7 connected nan road.
Coming disconnected a tumultuous 2025 run wherever nan Tigers went 4-10-3 wide and 1-7-2 successful SEC play, nan upcoming season’s schedule offers much opportunity for them to make it backmost to nan convention tourney for nan first clip since 2020. Among their 7 non-conference matches, nary are against a Power Four opponent.
The mainstays successful Mizzou’s non-conference opponents are of nan location variety, pinch Saint Louis, Missouri State and SEMO connected nan slate.
This is nan 3rd consecutive play nan Tigers will play nan Billikens, coming disconnected a 2025 matchup successful which they astir pulled disconnected an upset connected nan road. Mizzou has won its past 5 matches against nan Bears, and this will beryllium nan 4th consecutive play that nan in-state foes will compete. The Redhawks return to nan schedule aft an absence past season. The Tigers person ne'er mislaid against SEMO and person outscored them 15-1 successful their 5 all-time matches.
The newcomers to nan non-conference slate are Lindenwood, Western Kentucky, Murray State and Northern Illinois.
Mizzou played nan Lions successful an accumulation lucifer successful 2024. Given nan day of this matchup, it could beryllium different exhibition, which would apt mean different force added to nan schedule. The Tigers will caput to Western Kentucky and past Murray State to statesman nan season. This is nan first clip they will play against nan Hilltoppers and nan second-ever title against nan Racers. The Huskies will travel to Audrey J. Walton to adjacent Mizzou’s August schedule.
Moving to nan SEC matches, six of nan 10 are repetition opponents from past season. All 4 of nan Tigers’ caller convention opponents – Oklahoma, South Carolina, Ole Miss and Georgia – will beryllium played connected nan road. The Sooners will beryllium their SEC opener. Mizzou won its past six matches against Oklahoma.
Despite a mediocre grounds past season, location were aggregate convention matches that ended successful ties aliases wrong 1 score. The Tigers tied pinch some Arkansas and Auburn to adjacent past season. To adjacent nan coming season, they will play 2 location matches against Texas A&M and past LSU – some matches were mislaid by 1 constituent past season.
With a favorable non-conference slate and a roster that returns overmuch of its core, Mizzou will person a beardown opportunity to move past year’s increasing pains into meaningful advancement and contend for an SEC Tournament berth.
Barring immoderate breaking news, this is apt my past station connected nan shot beat. New Rock M’er Jack Wiselogel will beryllium taking my spot covering nan squad starting successful August.
