Mizzou's 3 Future SEC Opponents Revealed, Per Report

An official announcement is expected from the SEC at 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday. The change to these three annual teams came after a conference-wide meeting and eventual ruling that the SEC would move to a 9-game conference schedule.

This change to SEC schedules also mandates that the teams in the conference must play one high-level opponent outside of the SEC each season, requiring it to be some form of Power 4 team. For example, the Tigers play the second installment of the Border War next year against the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence, Kansas.

The goal for creating these three annual games over the next four seasons had a lot to do with location and the historical impact of certain games between teams in the conference.

"The priorities in creating the schedules were protecting traditional rivalries, competitive fairness, rotational frequency and ensuring a home and away balance with a Power 4 non-conference opponent for the 2026 season," Low of On3 said.

The three opponents the Tigers have on their schedule for the next three seasons are all ones currently on this season's schedule. They all happen to be teams the Tigers played last season, too.

Missouri does have some history with the three teams they'll be playing, most notably with Oklahoma, dating back to the Big 12 and Big 8. The Tigers and Sooners have met 97 times and Oklahoma leads the series 67-25-5. When the two met last year, Missouri won 30-23 in thrilling fashion.

With Arkansas, the Tigers lead the series 12-4. The Razorbacks haven't beaten the Tigers since 2021, which was the second season of the Eli Drinkwitz era. Last year, the Tigers won 28-21 in a game that Arkansas contested heavily.

Texas A&M is not a series the Tigers have dominated by any means. The Aggies lead that one 7-11 and Missouri hasn't beaten them since 2014, a team that Missouri legend Maty Mauk quarterbacked. Last year, the Tigers lost on the road 41-10.

This season, the Tigers play Texas A&M on Nov. 8, Oklahoma on Nov. 22 and Arkansas on Nov. 29. This week, Missouri faces UMass at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Faurot Field.