Mizzou learns 2026 football schedule. It includes visit from Texas, trip to KU
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- SEC released Missouri’s 2026 football slate; TV show unveiled full schedule.
- Mizzou will host seven games in 2026, including five SEC home matchups.
- Key dates: Sept 5 opener vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Sept 26 SEC opener.
The Southeastern Conference unveiled its teams’ 2026 football schedules during a televised show on Thursday night.
The Missouri Tigers will play seven home dates next season, including five SEC contests at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium.
Mizzou’s season opener is Sept. 5 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Memorial Stadium. The next week, Sept. 12, the Tigers make a rare visit to Lawrence, Kansas, for a Border War showdown against the KU Jayhawks.
Missouri’s 2026 SEC opener will be Sept. 26 at Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss. The Tigers’ conference home opener comes against the Florida Gators on Homecoming — Oct. 3.
Before then, MU coach Eli Drinkwitz leads this year’s Tigers into a Dec. 27 Gator Bowl matchup against the Virginia Cavaliers at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida.
Here’s a look at Missouri’s 2026 football schedule (with game times yet to be announced):
Mizzou football’s 2026 schedule
September
5 – ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF
12 – at Kansas
19 – TROY
26 – at Mississippi State*
October
3 – FLORIDA*
10 – TEXAS A&M*
17 – at Ole Miss*
24 – OPEN
31 – at Arkansas*
November
7 – TEXAS*
14 – at Georgia*
21 – KENTUCKY*
28 – OKLAHOMA*
Home games in CAPS; *SEC game
This story was originally published December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM.