Missouri has been the definition of average in the SEC under Eliah Drinkwitz. The Tigers finished the 2021 season 6-7, beating up on programs such as Vanderbilt and North Texas with promising wins against Florida and South Carolina.

Those are the games Drinkwitz needs to focus on winning in 2022, sure, but Mizzou has to be competing with Tennessee, Kentucky and its SEC West opponent (Arkansas) year after year to take that necessary step towards the upper echelon of the SEC East. Georgia and Alabama will come later.

This year’s ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) doesn’t look too favorably on the Tigers’ chances. I guess that’s what losing your top player in Tyler Badie will do.

Check out Missouri’s game-by-game predictions out below:

  • Sept. 1 vs. Louisiana Tech: 77.1% chance of winning
  • Sept. 10 at Kansas State: 31.7% chance of winning
  • Sept. 17 vs. Abilene Christian: 98.2% chance of winning
  • Sept. 24 at Auburn: 14.4% chance of winning
  • Oct. 1 vs. Georgia: 5.9% chance of winning
  • Oct. 8 at Florida: 21.7% chance of winning
  • Oct. 22 vs. Vanderbilt: 86.6% chance of winning
  • Oct. 29 at. South Carolina: 31.9% chance of winning
  • Nov. 5 vs. Kentucky: 29.9% chance of winning
  • Nov. 12 at. Tennessee: 21.5% chance of winning
  • Nov. 19 vs. New Mexico State: 96.3% chance of winning
  • Nov. 25 vs. Arkansas: 35.4% chance of winning