Overview
- Missouri, ranked No. 23, travels to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium to face Kansas on Friday, Sept. 11 with kickoff set for 8 p.m. ET on FOX and streaming via Fubo.
- Sportsbooks list the Tigers as favorites (example moneyline around -220 and a 5.5-point spread) while some handicappers see value on Kansas at about +4.5 because of Missouri’s reduced rushing threat.
- Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz said running back Ahmad Hardy, who was cleared for return-to-football rehab after a May gunshot injury, still ‘hasn’t returned to practice’ and did not play in Week 1, leaving Jamal Roberts as the lead back.
- Both new starting quarterbacks enter the game with strong Week 1 resumes—Missouri’s Austin Simmons threw for 252 yards and four touchdowns and Kansas’s Isaiah Marshall completed 14 of 19 for 246 yards and two scores—while left tackle Cayden Green is expected to play for the Tigers and Kansas linebacker Daveon “Bam” Crouch is listed as doubtful.
- The renewal of the Border War matters beyond one game because it revives a long‑running rivalry that affects fan intensity and season narratives for both programs, with Missouri seeking a road win that helps an unforgiving SEC schedule and Kansas aiming to use home-field energy to return to bowl contention.