Missouri football 2026 schedule gets one confirmed SEC home night game

Missouri football is only guaranteed one home night in SEC play in its newly renovated stadium.

>Kickoff times for the Tigers’ upcoming slate are trickling in, as the SEC’s teams learned their full set of kickoff windows for the full 2026 slate Wednesday, June 10. Not all games have been given a precise kickoff time yet, but instead a kickoff window split into early, afternoon and night kickoffs.

>The Tigers have two guaranteed SEC night games, which will kick off between 5-7 p.m. CDT, on the cards for 2026: at Mississippi State on Sept. 26 and versus Kentucky on Nov. 21.

>Mizzou is now confirmed to play two early kickoffs, which are between 11 a.m. and noon. Those will both be at home, coming against Texas A&M on Oct. 10 and Texas on Nov. 7.

>Missouri has two confirmed afternoon kickoffs, which begin between 2:30-3:30 p.m.: at Ole Miss on Oct. 17 and in the Tigers’ regular-season finale against Oklahoma on Nov. 28.

>The remainder of MU’s SEC games, per Wednesday’s announcement, have been given a “flex” designation, which means they will kick off between either 2:30-3:30 p.m. or 5-7 p.m., only slightly narrowing the window of possibilities down. The kickoff times for those games will be announced between six and 12 days before the game.

>The games that fall under the ‘flex’ window are the Tigers’ homecoming matchup against Florida on Oct. 3, at Arkansas on Oct. 31 for the Battle Line game and at Georgia on Nov. 14.

>That means Mizzou could have two night contests on its 2026 home SEC slate, if the Florida matchup gets an evening kickoff designation.

>Missouri already knew the kickoff times for each of its opening three games in the 2026 season, which is when the Tigers will play all of their nonconference games.

>The Tigers will play Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Thursday, Sept. 3, with a 7 p.m. kickoff time on SEC Network. Mizzou’s Border War game against Kansas is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 11 on FOX, which will be MU’s first trip to Lawrence in 21 years. Mizzou will face Troy at 11:45 a.m. Sept. 19 on SECN+, meaning it will only be available via streaming.

>Here is Mizzou’s full schedule with updated kickoff windows:

What we know about the Missouri football 2026 scheduleAll home games are listed in bold. All times are listed in CDT.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 7 p.m. Sept. 3, SEC Network • >Kansas, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, FOX • >Troy, 11:45 a.m. Sept. 19, SECN+ • >Mississippi State, 5-7 p.m., Sept. 26 • >Florida, 2:30-3:30 p.m. or 5-7 p.m., Oct. 3 • >Texas A&M, 11.a.m.-noon, Oct. 10 • >Ole Miss, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Oct. 17 • >Arkansas, 2:30-3:30 p.m. or 5-7 p.m., Oct. 31 • >Texas, 11 a.m.-noon, Nov. 7 • >Georgia, 2:30-3:30 p.m. or 5-7 p.m., Nov. 14 • >Kentucky, 5-7 p.m., Nov. 21 • >Oklahoma, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Nov. 28

>This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Missouri football 2026 schedule gets one confirmed SEC home night game