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2025 Missouri

8–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Eli Drinkwitz.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 2025, game by game: won vs. Central Arkansas 61–6; won vs. Kansas 42–31; won vs. Louisiana 52–10; won vs. South Carolina 29–20; won vs. Massachusetts 42–6; lost vs. No. 8 Alabama 24–27; won at Auburn 23–17; lost at No. 10 Vanderbilt 10–17; lost vs. No. 3 Texas A&M 17–38; won vs. Mississippi State 49–27; lost at No. 8 Oklahoma 6–17; won at Arkansas 31–17; lost vs. No. 20 Virginia 7–13+55−21Won 61–6 vs. Central Arkansas+55Central ArkansasWon 42–31 vs. Kansas+11KansasWon 52–10 vs. Louisiana+42LouisianaWon 29–20 vs. South Carolina+9South CarolinaWon 42–6 vs. Massachusetts+36MassachusettsLost 24–27 vs. No. 8 Alabama-3No. 8 AlabamaWon 23–17 at Auburn+6AuburnLost 10–17 at No. 10 Vanderbilt-7No. 10 VanderbiltLost 17–38 vs. No. 3 Texas A&M-21No. 3 Texas A&MWon 49–27 vs. Mississippi State+22Mississippi Sta…Lost 6–17 at No. 8 Oklahoma-11No. 8 OklahomaWon 31–17 at Arkansas+14ArkansasLost 7–13 vs. No. 20 Virginia-6No. 20 Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28vsCentral ArkansasW 61–⁠689%
Sep 6vsKansasW 42–⁠3163%
Sep 13vsLouisianaW 52–⁠1072%
Sep 20vsSouth CarolinaW 29–⁠2067%
Sep 27vsMassachusettsW 42–⁠692%
Oct 11vs8AlabamaL 24–⁠2757%
Oct 18atAuburnW 23–⁠1761%
Oct 25at10VanderbiltL 10–⁠1749%
Nov 8vs3Texas A&ML 17–⁠3851%
Nov 15vsMississippi StateW 49–⁠2777%
Nov 22at8OklahomaL 6–⁠1738%
Nov 29atArkansasW 31–⁠1764%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvs20VirginiaGator BowlL 7–⁠1357%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia 13–⁠7 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 25
  2. Wk 4: 23
  3. Wk 5: 20
  4. Wk 6: 19
  5. Wk 7: 14
  6. Wk 8: 16
  7. Wk 9: 15
  8. Wk 10: 19
  9. Wk 11: 19
  10. Wk 13: 23
  11. Wk 15: 25
  12. Wk 16: 25

Consensus All-AmericanAhmad Hardy, RB

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
393–⁠246
Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Elo
1611 +2 this season
SP+ rating
14.4 No. 21 of 136; offense No. 47, defense No. 10, special teams No. 109
SRS
10.5 No. 27 of 136 in FBS
Returning
20% of last season’s EPA, No. 98 of 134
Recruiting class
No. 20 roster talent No. 22 in FBS
Offensive coordinator
Kirby Moore
Defensive coordinator
Corey Batoon
Offense
Pistol
Defense
4–⁠2–⁠5

How good, play by play

  • Offense45th of 136
  • Defense22nd of 136
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted52nd of 136
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted20th of 136
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.1344%1.2245th of 136
Defense-0.0035%1.3222nd of 136
Opponent-adjusted0.12 off
-0.01 def		45% off
33% def		—52nd off
20th def

Passing and running

Pass successDepth of targetDeep throwsLine yardsStuffed
Offense46%9.2 yds19%3.3015%
Defense37%6.9 yds10%2.6020%
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played. Passing and running: depth of target is how far downfield passes traveled in the air; deep throws are the share thrown deep, of the passes whose depth and direction the play-by-play describes (about half); line yards are the running yards per carry credited to the blockers; stuffed is the share of carries stopped at or behind the line. The defense’s line is what its opponents did. From CollegeFootballData.com, 2025 on.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense3.9own 2813% allowed
Defense3.4own 2820% caused

CORE rating 16.6, 18th of 136 (offense 3.8, defense -12.8).

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. CORE is CollegeFootballData.com’s context- and opponent-adjusted rating (points better than an average team; lower is better on defense). From CollegeFootballData.com.

Leaders

Passing yardsBeau Pribula QB1,946 yds
Passing touchdownsBeau Pribula QB11 TD
Rushing yardsAhmad Hardy RB1,649 yds
Rushing touchdownsAhmad Hardy RB16 TD
Receiving yardsKevin Coleman Jr. WR732 yds
Receiving touchdownsBrett Norfleet TE5 TD
TacklesJosiah Trotter LB84 tkl
SacksDamon Wilson Jr. DL8.5 sacks
InterceptionsToriano Pride CB2 INT

Top recruits in the 2025 class

Javion Hilson DE★★★★No. 46
Matt Zollers QB★★★★No. 93
Donovan Olugbode WR★★★★No. 95
Jack Lange OT★★★★No. 135
Marquise Davis RB★★★★No. 162
Daeden Hopkins DE★★★★No. 233
Shaun Terry II WR★★★★No. 302
C.J. Bass III CB★★★★No. 335

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2025 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.953
Running backs24.00.914
Receivers43.50.906
Offensive line33.70.907
Defensive line33.70.928
Linebackers23.50.887
Defensive backs23.50.890
Whole class173.60.910

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2026

The 2026 draft
Rd 2Zion Young DEBaltimore Ravens
Rd 2Josiah Trotter LBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 3Chris McClellan DTGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Keagen Trost OTLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Kevin Coleman Jr. WRMiami Dolphins
Rd 7Toriano Pride Jr. CBBuffalo Bills

Roster 108

The 2025 roster

108 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2025 line; 70 have a stat line. See the roster

Transfers in 21

The 2025 portal
Damon Wilson Jr. DE★★★★★from Georgia
Kevin Coleman Jr. WR★★★★from Mississippi State
Ahmad Hardy RB★★★★from UL Monroe
Beau Pribula QB★★★★from Penn State
Keagen Trost OT★★★from Wake Forest
Nate Johnson DE★★★from App State
Dominick Giudice OL★★★from Michigan
Gavin Hoffman TE★★★from Iowa
Josiah Trotter LB★★★from West Virginia
Mose Phillips III S★★★from Virginia Tech
Santana Banner S★★★from Northern Illinois
Xavier Loyd WR★★★from Illinois State

And 9 more, lower-rated or unrated.

Transfers out 24

Williams Nwaneri DE★★★★to Nebraska
Jaylen Brown DE★★★★to South Carolina
Mikai Gbayor LB★★★★to North Carolina
Eddie Kelly DL★★★to West Virginia
Courtney Crutchfield WR★★★to Arkansas
Kewan Lacy RB★★★to Ole Miss
Jahkai Lang DE★★★to SMU
Jaren Sensabaugh CB★★★to NC State
Aidan Glover QB★★★no new school on file
Brayshawn Littlejohn LB★★★to App State
Mekhi Miller WR★★★to Tulsa
Austyn Dendy RB★★★to Bowling Green

And 12 more, lower-rated or unrated.

All-SEC

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2025 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2025 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss7–⁠113–⁠23
Georgia7–⁠112–⁠26
Texas A&M7–⁠111–⁠28
Alabama7–⁠111–⁠49
Texas6–⁠210–⁠312
Oklahoma6–⁠210–⁠313
Vanderbilt6–⁠210–⁠315
Missouri4–⁠48–⁠5
Tennessee4–⁠48–⁠5
LSU3–⁠57–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠65–⁠7
Florida2–⁠64–⁠8
Auburn1–⁠75–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠75–⁠8
South Carolina1–⁠74–⁠8
Arkansas0–⁠82–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.