Mizzou football has no preseason first-team picks. Here are media’s preseason rankings
Missouri is picked to finish fourth in the SEC East, a year after a third-place finish in coach Eli Drinkwitz’s first season.
The media poll, released Friday, has Mizzou behind Georgia, Florida and Kentucky, and ahead of Tennessee, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
Last year’s College Football Playoff champion, Alabama, is picked to win the West and is favored over Georgia to win the conference championship.
No Missouri player was named first team All-SEC. Defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat was selected to the second team, and center Michael Maietti was named to the third team.
This story was originally published July 23, 2021 at 10:44 AM.
Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star