SEC · Eli Drinkwitz, year 7 (48-29) · Memorial Stadium · 71,168 · 63,609 avg in 2026
LastW 38–21 at Kansas · Fri Sep 11 · Austin Simmons 292 pass yds, 3 TD, 8 rush yds
Nextvs Troy · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Memorial Stadium · Missouri by 26.5 · series 3-1, won the last 2 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
Eli Drinkwitz's year 7 (2026): 2-0, behind Barry Odom's 6-7 in the same spot.
Most Missouri fans liked what they saw — but a real minority isn't convinced.
It goes back further than the turn of the 20th century bud.
They haven’t reviewed it yet? What were they doing
5Missouri has slipped from elite-tier consistency — the first time below the top-12% tier since 2025, and the gap from the #25 AP peak is structural, not just a roster rebuild.
What moved it — last 14 days
Fanbase Signals
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Only 5 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
~ our readMissouri fans are down on the program, with a bit less hard evidence than most fanbases.
✓ counted We read 502 posts from Missouri fans this week.
Press Pulse
19 quotes collected this season
What the beat said, in their own words.
It’s really going to be about guys who can get by acting as one, who can communicate, who can play through the nerves and go out and execute at a high level
I think he’ll be one of the top four or five snap hitters at the wide receiver position
I want to say one thing because I’m not an equivocator, but I got to know Jayden when he was at LSU
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Fanbase health · Missouri
Loud (320 weighted voices in the latest week), winning on the field (8-5 last season, 2-0 so far), and not arguing about much.
3 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76
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Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
Well Army better score a TD cuz there’s no fucking way I trust that kicker again
Based on 3 comments from 3 posters across 3 threads · Aug 30, 2025–Nov 23, 2025 · via CFB
Hot take: Drinkwitz is overhyped. He beats unranked teams and teams that are barely ranked, but he can’t do anything against the actual good teams
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 8, 2025 · via CFB
As bad as this game is it’s the best we’ve ever done in FBS. Loads of records broken. Most yards, most points, most points.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 31, 2025 · via CFB
Wake me up when florida has an undefeated national championship season
You had -7 yards against a shit defense.
Fanbase health · Missouri