FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ game against Missouri on Friday will be the last this year for both teams.
The Tigers (5-6, 2-5 SEC) had their postseason ban upheld by the NCAA on Tuesday, nearly 10 months after Missouri appealed the verdict. That means that even if the Tigers, a 12-point favorite, defeat Arkansas at Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium, they won’t be able to play in a bowl game.
Both teams enter the game on long losing streaks. Arkansas (2-9, 0-7) has lost eight straight games and Mizzou has lost five in a row.
Missouri’s football, baseball and softball teams were given one-year postseason bans in January when the NCAA Committee on Infractions found that a former tutor completed academic work for 12 athletes.