Mizzou 2026 Football Schedule Announced
12/11/2025 7:36:00 PM | Football
The Florida game on October 3 will be the Tigers' Homecoming game
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Southeastern Conference announced Mizzou's 2026 football schedule Thursday evening on the SEC Network, highlighting seven home dates, including five SEC games at Memorial Stadium.
MU opens its 2026 campaign with a non-conference game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday, September 5. Kickoff times for the 2026 season will be announced at a later date.
Mizzou travels to former Big 12 foe and longtime rival Kansas on September 12. The Tigers and Jayhawks played for the first time in 14 years in 2025 with the Tigers coming away with a 42-31 victory at Faurot Field. The 2026 game in Lawrence will be Missouri's first visit to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium since the 2005 season.
The following weekend, MU hosts Troy (September 19) before kicking off SEC play with a road game at Mississippi State on September 26. The Tigers have a 4-2 edge in the series, including a 1-1 record in Starkville.
The month of October opens with back-to-back home games against Florida (October 3) and Texas A&M (October 10). The Florida game will also be the Tigers' 2026 Homecoming Game. Mizzou then travels to Oxford, Mississippi for a showdown with the Ole Miss Rebels on October 17 at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium.
Following an open date on October 24, Mizzou ventures to Arkansas with the Battle Line Rivalry on the line to face the Razorbacks on Saturday, October 31 to close out the month of October.
The Tigers open the month of November by welcoming the Texas Longhorns to Columbia for this first time since the 2011 season. Missouri travels to Athens, Georgia the following weekend for a showdown with defending SEC Champion Bulldogs.
Mizzou finishes the 2026 season with back-to-back home games at Memorial Stadium. The Tigers host Kentucky on November 21 before closing out the regular season with the Oklahoma Sooners on November 28.
Season ticket renewals for the highly anticipated 2026 Mizzou Football season will begin in the coming days. Current season ticket holders will receive an email when renewal invoices are available. Fans interested in new season tickets can join the waitlist at THIS LINK. New season ticket sales will begin in the spring.
No. 25 Missouri (8-4) continues its 2025 season against Virginia at the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Saturday, December 27 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. Kickoff is slated for 6:30 p.m. CT with ABC and the Tiger Radio Network providing coverage. Tickets to the Tigers' sixth consecutive bowl berth can be purchased HERE.
2026 Mizzou Football Schedule
SEPTEMBER
5 – ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF
12 – at Kansas
19 – TROY
26 – at Mississippi State*
OCTOBER
3 – FLORIDA* (HC)
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 |
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