COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Missouri Tigers have a golden opportunity to close their 2024 college football season with back-to-back double-digit win campaigns.
One final bowl game stands between the Tigers and that milestone. Their bowl game and opponent will be determined on Sunday, following the completion of conference championship games across college football.
This will be the 37th bowl game in Mizzou Football history and the fourth consecutive bowl bid under head coach Eli Drinkwitz. The Tigers are 16-20 in previous bowl games, though they won their most recent bowl matchup last season, the 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic against Ohio State.
Mizzou will miss out on a bowl game that represents an expanded College Football Playoff spot, upgraded from four teams to 12 this year with several at-large bids. They closed out the regular season at 19th in the CFP rankings. But a 9-3 season to this point should be enough for a high-quality postseason matchup.
Entering the weekend, which bowl games and opponents do college football aficionados project for Mizzou?
Athlon Sports: Music City Bowl in Nashville (Dec. 30) vs. Iowa
BettingPros.com: Liberty Bowl in Memphis (Dec. 27) vs. TBD opponent
Bleacher Report: Liberty Bowl vs. Baylor
CBS Sports: Music City Bowl vs. Michigan
College Football News: Music City Bowl vs. Minnesota
College Football Network: Music City Bowl vs. Iowa
ESPN: Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas (Dec. 27) vs. USC
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa (Dec. 31) vs. Iowa
Saturday Down South: Las Vegas Bowl vs. Colorado
Sports Illustrated: Las Vegas Bowl vs. Colorado
The Atheltic: Music City Bowl vs. Iowa
USA Today (Erick Smith): Gator Bowl in Jacksonville (Jan. 2, 2025) vs. Louisville
While projections vary, it seems a majority consensus believes Mizzou will compete in one of the Las Vegas Bowl, Liberty Bowl, or Music City Bowl. Iowa and Colorado are the highest-projected bowl opponents.
College football teams will learn of their bowl game fates during a live selection show at 11 a.m. Sunday on ESPN.