Missouri State·Conference USA

2025 — The 2025 Season

Missouri State's 2025 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Xbox Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ USC 13-73 W @ Marshall 21-20 L vs SMU 10-28 W vs UT Mar 42-10 L vs West Ken 22-27 W @ Midd Ten 22-20 W @ New Sta 24-17 W vs Flor Int 28-21 W @ Liberty 21-17 W vs UTEP 38-24 L @ Kenn Sta 34-41 L vs Loui Tec 30-42 L @ Arka Sta 28-34 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2025.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2025 season's largest margin: Missouri State 42, UT Martin 10. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Missouri State 13, USC 73. A 60-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Missouri State fell to Arkansas State 28-34 in the postseason.

"Bear Up"
— Missouri State fanbase voice · 2025· synthesized
What it meant

2025 is a middle chapter for Missouri State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.