The last time Missouri football played as a top 10 team, Barack Obama was in his second term, The Monster by Eminem and Rihanna was the No. 1 song in the nation, and Missouri was celebrating a Cotton Bowl victory over Oklahoma State. That was 3,602 days ago, and that streak has now come to an end.
This week, the College Football Playoff Committee placed Missouri at No. 9 in their latest rankings, which now overtakes the highest mark the Tigers have been placed in the history of the playoff system. The jump five spots are credited to the throttling of then-No.