Arkansas at Missouri 11/23/18 - College Football Picks & Predictions

Missouri and Arkansas have only played regularly since Missouri joined the SEC in 2014, but the rivalry still has a name - the Battle Line Rivalry. They played before that and and Missouri leads the all-time series 6-3. Missouri has won the last two and three of four since joining the SEC.

At present the teams seem headed in opposite directions. Missouri is 7-4 and bowl bound. A win over Arkansas could give them a slightly better bowl trip. Arkansas is 2-9 and just struggling. Arkansas has lost three in a row and is winless in SEC play. Missouri has won three in a row, including a win over then No. 11 Florida. Three of the Tigers' four losses were to ranked opponents, and one of those was by a single point. Drew Lock is a battle-tested quarterback leading Missouri. He has passed for 2904 yards, 23 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Missouri ls led by Larry Roundtree III with 893 yards and Damarea Crocket has rushed for 709. The two have 17 touchdowns between them. Emmanuel Hall has 603 yards receiving and Jonathon Johnson has 536. Two more receivers have more than 400 yards.

Ty Storey has passed for 1560 yards, 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions for Arkansas. Rakeem Boyd has 729 yards rushing. The Razorbacks have 11 rushing touchdowns through 11 games, and only 17 passing touchdowns.

Arkansas is being outscored by an average of 37-23. Missouri is outscoring its opponents 34-26. Missouri is averaging 271 yards passing and 198 rushing. Arkansas is averaging 198 passing and 151 rushing.