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Tigers · SEC

Head coach Eli Drinkwitz Year 7 with Missouri

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
7.1
Expected wins
7-5
Proj record
4 to 10
Win range (90%)
#26 (11–47)
Final rank (90%)
7%
Make playoff
3%
Win conference

Path to Glory

Tap a win or a loss on each pivotal game to see how the playoff probability shifts. Leave any game unset to average across both outcomes.

Make the playoff

7%

Baseline projection.

  • at Georgia
    Away · Nov 14
  • at Ole Miss
    Away · Oct 17
  • vs Texas A&M
    Home · Oct 10
  • vs Oklahoma
    Home · Nov 28
  • vs Texas
    Home · Nov 7

Pivotal games are the 5 with the largest playoff-probability swing, ranked by the model. Math: chained Bayesian log-odds update from the conditional simulation set; gets the directionally right answer but won't perfectly capture cross-game correlations until the full Monte Carlo pipeline lands.

Returning production · 2026

36 score
  • Quarterback 18% (2/7 )
  • Offensive line 53% (10/19 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 65% (14/27 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 34% (18/29 )
  • Secondary 24% (7/18 )
  • Special teams 1% (5/7 )

Share of last season's production each unit returns. Higher means more continuity: 70%+ is healthy, 45–70% a normal rebuild, under 45% a major turnover.

Portal additions · 2026

+0.4 rating

30 proven transfers in, carrying the production below from their prior school.

  • Cayden Lee WR ← Ole Miss 116 impact
  • Robert Woodyard Jr. LB ← Auburn 108 impact
  • Caleb Goodie WR ← Cincinnati 88 impact
  • Xai'Shaun Edwards RB ← Houston Christian 79 impact
  • Kensley Louidor-Faustin S ← Auburn 76 impact
  • Mark Hensley DT ← Northern Illinois 69 impact

Impact scores offensive skill additions (QB/RB/WR/TE) — prior-season production normalized within position (100 ≈ a 90th-percentile producer at that spot) and discounted for non-FBS competition, so a top back counts alongside a top quarterback. Defensive and O-line additions count as transfers but aren't box-score measurable, so they carry no impact score. The rating figure is this class's portal contribution vs. the FBS average, capped at ±2.5.

If QB1 is out (Beau Pribula)

GIE projects a -5.2 rating drop and a -20.9pp shift in playoff probability if Missouri loses its QB1 for an extended stretch. (n=3 historical samples; pooled across recent seasons.)

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 42.6% 84th — strong
  • Red-zone TD rate 13.8% 39th — below avg
  • 4th-down aggression 36.6% 53th — average
  • Late & close 4.7 yds/play 37th — below avg

Percentile is across all FBS teams with play-by-play data for the season. "Late & close" is yards per play in Q4+ with a one-score margin — a proxy for clutch offensive performance.

Schedule

Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.

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