COLUMBIA, Mo. (KCTV) - The Missouri Tigers appeared in Tuesday night’s initial College Football Playoff rankings.

The debut rankings for the 2025 season were unveiled on ESPN, with Mizzou head coach Eli Drinkwitz and his Tigers one of nine teams from the SEC in the rankings. Mizzou came in at No. 22.

At 6-2, Missouri is 2-2 in conference games with losses to No. 4 Alabama and No. 16 Vanderbilt.

The Tigers lost quarterback Beau Pribula for an extended period of time due to a dislocated ankle suffered in Mizzou’s 17-10 loss to Vanderbilt on Oct. 25.

Without Pribula, the Tigers will start Matt Zollers against No. 3 Texas A&M on Saturday at Faurot Field. That’s one of two ranked opponents -- the other being No. 12 Oklahoma -- that remain on Mizzou’s schedule this season.

New rankings will

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