Missouri’s trip to Arkansas now has a start time and a TV home.
The Tigers will head to Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday, Oct. 31, with kickoff set for 6:45 p.m. CT. The game will air on SEC Network, the SEC announced Monday.
It will be Missouri’s second straight visit to Fayetteville for the matchup with the Razorbacks. The Tigers won there last season, closing out the regular season with a 31-17 victory and stretching their winning streak against Arkansas to four games. Two of those wins have come in Fayetteville.
Missouri has had the upper hand in this series for a while now. Under seventh-year coach Eli Drinkwitz, the Tigers are 5-1 against Arkansas. Overall, Missouri leads the all-time series 12-4 and owns a 10-2 edge since joining the SEC ahead of the 2012 season.
The annual meeting was formally labeled a rivalry in 2014, complete with the Battle Line Trophy, which has mostly stayed in Columbia since it was introduced. The game is typically saved for the final week of the regular season, but this year it moved to Oct. 31 after the SEC shifted to a nine-game conference schedule.
Missouri enters the bye week at 5-2 overall and 2-2 in SEC play, ranked No. 22 in the latest AP Top-25. The Tigers are coming off a 31-3 loss at No. 7 Ole Miss last Saturday.
Arkansas comes in at 3-4 overall and 1-3 in SEC play after knocking off Vanderbilt 31-21 on Saturday in Nashville. That victory ended a 14-game losing streak against SEC opponents, a run that began in November 2024.
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