Sportsbook sets win total at 7.5 for Mizzou Football in 2025
There are still three months before the Missouri Tigers open the season at Faurot Field against Central Arkansas, yet oddsmakers are always looking ahead.
This week, FanDuel Sportsbook released its updated SEC win totals for the 2025 season.
The Tigers' total was set at 7.5 wins, a two-win decrease from the consensus line for the Tigers in 2024, and 2.5 wins behind their final total of 10.
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Mizzou's total is tied for seventh among SEC schools, with the Auburn Tigers, Texas A&M Aggies and South Carolina Gamecocks. The Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas Longhorns and Georgia Bulldogs were all tied for the highest win total at 9.5 wins. The Mississippi State Bulldogs had the lowest at just 3.5 wins.
The drop in Vegas' expected win total was something that most Mizzou fans could see coming. The Tigers lost a lot of production from key players who helped them to the 2023 Cotton Bowl and produced two of their best seasons in over a decade.
Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz speaks to a reporter© Denny Medley-Imagn Images
Just a few of the key pieces lost by Missouri on the offensive side of the ball included quarterbacks Brady Cook and Drew Pyne, running back Nate Noel, wide receiver Luther Burden III and offensive tackle Armand Membou.
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Missouri's 2025 schedule includes conference games against South Carolina, Alabama, Texas A&M and Mississippi State at home and matchups with Auburn, the Vanderbilt Commodores, Oklahoma Sooners and Arkansas Razorbacks on the road.
The campaign also includes the highly anticipated rekindling of the Border War against the Kansas Jayhawks, which is set for Week 2 in Columbia.
With brand new pieces in key spots, it will be interesting to see if the Tigers will fall short of their projected win total or burst through into the upper echelon of the SEC and college football as a whole.
Related: Mizzou Football Omitted from Another Post-Spring Ranking
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