Eliah Drinkwitz’s Missouri Tiger football team opens the 2026 season in less than two weeks, when they host Arkansas Pine Bluff on Thursday September 3. Kickoff is set for 7 pm at Faurot field in Columbia.

Four Mizzou players have been named preseason All-SEC by the Southeastern Conference’s head coaches. Tiger running back Ahmad Hardy and offensive tackle Cayden Green are on the first team, long snapper Brett Le Blanc is on the second team and linebacker Robert Woodyard Jr., an Auburn transfer, is on the third team.