After starting the season 5-0, the Missouri Tigers could not take the next step to compete for a College Football Playoff berth. Of their final seven games, the Tigers lost four, all against ranked teams. Mizzou ended the regular season with Saturday’s 31-17 win at Arkansas.
Missouri (8-4 overall, 4-4 SEC) is bowl eligible and, after sports betting launched statewide on Monday, fans can wager on it.
With Missouri sports betting apps now taking bets, BetMissouri.com has updated odds on where the Tigers will play a bowl game.
| Bowl, Location | Conference Opponent | Odds | Pct. Chance |
| Texas, Houston | Big 12 | +125 | 44.4% |
| ReliaQuest, Tampa | Big Ten | +350 | 22.2% |
| Duke’s Mayo, Charlotte | ACC | +550 | 15.4% |
| Gator, Jacksonville | ACC | +1850 | 5.1% |
| Other | +675 | 12.9% |
Disclaimer: These odds are for information purposes only and are not available through licensed Missouri sportsbooks.
For the past few weeks, we honed on the Liberty Bowl as the likely destination for the Tigers. However, as we get closer to the unveiling of the College Football Playoff field on Sunday, it’s now apparent the SEC will not have enough bowl eligible teams to fill the seven games affiliated with the conference. That’s because the conference is certain to get at least four and could get five teams in the Playoff.
If five SEC squads make the 12-team CFP field, then there would not be enough league teams to go around for all of the other bowls with SEC tie-ins – the Citrus, Gator, ReliaQuest, Duke’s Mayo, Texas, Music City and Liberty. In a game of musical chairs, two of those bowls will be left without SEC teams, and it looks more than likely that the Liberty Bowl will be one of those.
With that in mind, BetMissouri has now installed the Texas Bowl as the new favorite to land Mizzou. Like the Liberty Bowl in our previous projections, the game in Houston could set up a matchup for the Tigers against one of their old Big 12 foes.
Either way, folks in the Show Me State can now take advantage of our Missouri sports betting promos at BetMissouri.com as they sign up with sportsbook operators.
Year | Bowl | Result |
2024 | Music City Bowl | Win, 27-24 vs. Iowa |
2023 | Cotton Bowl | Win, 14-3 vs. Ohio State |
2022 | Union Home Mortgage Bowl | Loss, 27-17 vs. Wake Forest |
2021 | Armed Forces Bowl | Loss, 24-22 vs. Army |
2018 | Liberty Bowl | Loss, 38-33 vs. Oklahoma State |
Missouri has appeared in postseason bowls every year from 2021 through 2024 under Drinkwitz. In 2021, the Tigers fell to Army 24–22 in the Armed Forces Bowl. In 2022, they lost a 27–17 decision to Wake Forest in the Gasparilla Bowl. 2023 brought a signature win in the New Year’s Six: Missouri upset No. 7 Ohio State 14–3 in the Cotton Bowl.
Most recently, in 2024 the Tigers beat Iowa 27–24 in the Music City Bowl.
Keep tabs on Missouri's chances here all year long, and note we also track the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl 60 Odds.
USA Today photo by Denny Medley.
For the current 2025-26 college football season, we project the Tigers to play in the Texas Bowl in Houston against a Big 12 team, with the odds at +125 (a 44.4% implied probability).
The Tigers are now bowl eligible this season but we do not know their destination. Missouri’s most recent postseason game was the 2024 Music City Bowl, a 27-24 win over Iowa.
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