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So, where now?
Missouri football only had a narrow path to the College Football Playoff when it arrived in Columbia, South Carolina. After a 34-30, last-minute loss to the Gamecocks on Saturday, that door is now shut.
Not only is Mizzou (7-3, 3-3 SEC) eliminated from CFP consideration, but the path to the Citrus Bowl — which takes the best remaining SEC team left out of the playoffs — is most likely closed, too.
The SEC currently is poised to send four teams to the playoffs. With two or fewer losses, six teams are still eligible to make the conference title game. Add three-loss South Carolina as a seventh playoff contender, albeit on the periphery of the discussions, and that’s enough teams ahead of MU in the pecking order to put the Citrus Bowl out of reach.
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That likely leaves six remaining potential landing spots for Mizzou for its bowl destination: The Las Vegas Bowl (Dec. 27, Las Vegas); the Liberty Bowl (Dec. 27, Memphis); the Music City Bowl (Dec. 30, Nashville, Tenn.); the Texas Bowl (Dec. 31, Houston); the ReliaQuest Bowl (Dec. 31, Tampa); and the Gator Bowl (Jan. 2, Jacksonville, Fla.).
The Birmingham Bowl and Gasparilla Bowl also can take SEC teams, but with the way the standings currently look, Missouri is more likely to go to one of the six games listed above.
Here is where national media has Missouri pinned for bowl season:
Action Network: Missouri football vs. Syracuse in Gator Bowl
Brett McMurphy of Action Network has Missouri projected to play Syracuse in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2 in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Orange are 7-3 with a 4-3 mark in ACC play this season, which is Fran Brown’s first year as their head coach….
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Author : Columbia Daily Tribune
Publish date : 2024-11-19 09:06:00
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