For Missouri State athletics, it's starting to look more like a "when" and not an "if" the school will move up a subdivision in Division I football, based on recent comments by the university's president.
Clif Smart, in a sit-down interview with the News-Leader, was more optimistic than the MSU administration has been in the past regarding the school's hope of moving from an FCS athletics program to the FBS.
Since Oklahoma and Texas were first reported to be moving from the Big 12 to the SEC in 2021, conference realignment has been among the top storylines in college athletics.