COLUMBIA, Mo. — There are, by most counts, 29 American municipalities called Columbia. There’s also a California boomtown, a nationally famous District of, a river in the Pacific Northwest and an asteroid carrying its name.
But there are only two Columbias that have their own metropolitan areas: one in Missouri and one in South Carolina.
And the two college towns’ college football teams face off annually for the Mayor’s Cup.
Mizzou, ranked No. 24 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 23 by the College Football Playoff’s selection committee, faces No. 23/21 South Carolina on the road at 3:15 p.