Mizzou could quickly put itself in the national conversation with a big home win. South Carolina’s CFP hopes are a loss away from being all but dashed.

This year’s all-Columbia affair has quite a lot at stake.

No. 23/22-ranked Missouri football will open its 2025 Southeastern Conference schedule with a game against RV/No. 24 South Carolina on Saturday evening on Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. The game is scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. and will air in primetime on ESPN.

Mizzou (3-0, 0-0 SEC) has reached SEC play unscathed, but the Tigers ’ best opponent to date now waits — even though the Gamecocks are wearing some recent wounds.

South Carolina (2-1, 0-1) lost for the first time this season last Saturday, getting blown out on its home field by Vanderbilt. Looking for a free m

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