After defeating Arkansas 31-17, Missouri improved to 8-4 on the year, and also jumped back into the AP Top 25. Still, the best news from the victory might have come from star running back Ahmad Hardy.
Hardy, a transfer from Louisiana-Monroe, is the second leading rusher in the nation with 1,560 yards, behind only Jacksonville State's Cam Cook. He's a finalist for the Doak Walker award, and will certainly be a hot name once the transfers portal ramps up. But in the same week Missouri locked up head coach Eli Drinkwitz for the foreseeable future, they might have unintentionally done the same with Hardy.