If there was one last barrier for Mizzou Football this season it was likely to crack the top 25 in a poll. Last week they entered the top 25 in the College Football playoff, this week the Associated Press poll took notice and voted Missouri in at #24.
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Shortly after the AP released their poll, the Coaches poll came out and it again left Missouri out. The Tigers are likely more of a victim of how current voting happens which seems to weight in preseason expectations and wins and losses.