Eight games into the season, Mizzou sits at 5-3. There is positivity around the program after their third straight win has almost put the disaster in Kansas City out of the minds of Mizzou fans. So I thought it might be a good time to take a step back and analyze how the season is actually going to date.
The question most want to know is: Are they better than last year?
Let's take a look in chart form:
| 2015 | 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Rank | Result | Pt Diff | Opponent | Rank | Result | Pt Diff |
| UMKC | 284 | L | -8 | Wofford | 198 | W | +9 |
| Valparaiso | 61 | W | +15 | UMES | 322 | W | +18 |
| Oral Roberts | 199 | W | +14 | Xavier | 10 | L | -12 |
| Arizona | 2 | L | -19 | Kansas State | 70 | L | -24 |
| Purdue | 48 | L | -21 | Northwestern | 61 | L | -5 |
| Chaminade | - | W | +14 | Arkansas State | 241 | W | +10 |
| SEMO | 227 | W | +4 | Northern Illinois | 166 | W | +7 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | L | -19 | Nebraska-Omaha | 202 | W | +7 |
The 2015 season was defined early by Mizzou's inability to compete against Power 5 opponents.