Mizzou Volleyball was picked to finish fourth in the SEC’s preseason coaches’ poll released Tuesday, the team’s highest projection since the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
Dawn Sullivan’s Tigers garnered 182 points, falling behind preseason favorite Kentucky (218, nine of 16 first place votes), Texas (216, six of 16 first place votes) and Texas A&M (195, one of 16 first place votes).
The tally placed the team ahead of Florida, which received 169 points after a tumultuous offseason that saw the retirement of legendary head coach Mary Wise and transfer of superstar Kennedy Martin.
Mizzou faces Kentucky at the Hearnes Center late in the season, Nov.