SEC football: Grading Auburn, rest of league’s non-conference scheduling
By Rob Maxwell
Missouri
The Tigers are a team still figuring it out in the post-Gary Pinkel era. It’s easy to forget that Missouri represented the East in the SEC Championship Game in back-to-back seasons not that long ago (2013-2014).
Future non-conference opponents
2018: UT-Martin, Wyoming, at Purdue, Memphis
2019: at Wyoming, West Virginia, Southeast Missouri, Troy
2020: Central Arkansas, Eastern Michigan, Lafayette, at BYU
2021: Central Michigan, at Boston College, North Texas
2022: at Kansas State, at Middle Tennessee
2023: Middle Tennessee, Kansas State, at Memphis
2024: Boston College (in Kansas City)
2025: at Miami (Ohio)
2026: at Illinois
2027: Illinois
2028: at Illinois
2029: Illinois
FlyWarEagle analysis: Not much to get excited about here outside of the 2019 game against West Virginia (too bad it’s not this season when we’d get Drew Lock vs. Will Grier). The Kansas State series isn’t a bad one, but Purdue and Illinois won’t have people lining up for tickets. At least Mizzou didn’t schedule the Illini until 2026 — that gives Illinois plenty of time to get better. Grade: C