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LEAD STORY: Missouri's Statement Win Sends Tigers Soaring
Missouri delivered the most emphatic performance of Week 5 in the SEC, routing Florida 45-17 at Memorial Stadium on Homecoming weekend. The voters noticed. The Tigers jumped to No. 14 in Sunday's AP poll, a big climb from the No. 25 spot they fell to after losing to Mississippi State. Praise came in from national outlets too. CBS Sports wrote that "Missouri ran over, around and through Florida today. They made Florida look fraudulent," and its analysts picked the Tigers as the biggest winner of the week.
The margin is also historic. According to Rock M Nation, the 28-point win over Florida is the largest margin of victory over an AP top-10 opponent in Missouri history. It breaks the record set by the Tigers' 46-25 win at No. 8 USC in the 1976 season opener, which stood for 50 years. Missouri's odds to win the conference also doubled on Saturday, per Rock M Nation.
Texas A&M comes to Columbia next. The early odds make Missouri a slight favorite over the Aggies. Texas A&M is coming off a convincing win over Arkansas, but it has also lost at home to Kentucky and been beaten badly at LSU. After an emotional Homecoming weekend, the Tigers need to stay focused against an A&M team that still sees a path back into the College Football Playoff conversation.
QUICK HITS
Kentucky snubbed despite road win. The Wildcats were ranked No. 24, won at South Carolina, and still dropped out of the AP Top 25. Kentucky actually gained voting points, going from 150 to 160, but Pittsburgh edged the Wildcats by two points for the final spot. Per WKYT's Lee K. Howard, a ranked Power 4 team losing its ranking after a conference road win has been rare since 1936. ESPN's Heather Dinich has Kentucky at No. 17 in her own rankings and noted the Wildcats are fifth in ESPN's strength of record metric, with two SEC road wins.
Texas has a third-down problem. The No. 1 Longhorns are converting 30 of 60 third downs and are 0-for-9 on third-and-long. Their rate has dropped every week, bottoming out at 3 of 12 against Tennessee. Arch Manning is 73-of-115 for 862 yards, seven touchdowns and three interceptions. He has thrown three touchdowns and two interceptions since the Texas State opener. Texas comes off its bye and heads to Dallas for the Red River Showdown.
Florida volleyball ends Kentucky's streak. The No. 7 Gators beat No. 3 Kentucky in five sets (22-25, 29-27, 25-21, 21-25, 15-8) at the O'Connell Center. The win ended Kentucky's 29-match SEC regular-season winning streak.
LSU volleyball wins another five-setter. LSU beat Missouri 3-2 (17-25, 25-22, 25-23, 20-25, 15-12) to improve to 5-2 in five-set matches this season. Jurnee Robinson posted her sixth 20-kill double-double of the season and the 26th of her career. Elsewhere, Vanderbilt swept Ole Miss 3-0 to end the Rebels' unbeaten SEC start.
Alabama women's golf leads in Arkansas. The Crimson Tide are in first place after two rounds of the Blessings Collegiate Invitational at 2-under 574 (280-294). Ole Miss men's golf, fresh off its first team title of the season at the Bryan Bros Collegiate, tees off at the Hamptons Intercollegiate in New York.
PORTAL WATCH
There was no transfer portal activity involving SEC programs in the last 12 hours.
RECRUITING BUZZ
No new football commitments came in overnight, but LSU basketball landed a major one. Five-star guard King Gibson, the No. 13 prospect in the 2027 class, committed to the Tigers over Arkansas, Louisville and Providence, per ESPN. He is LSU's first five-star pledge in the 2027 cycle.
GAMES TO WATCH
No SEC games are scheduled for today. Saturday's slate is loaded:
Georgia at Alabama: This is the game of the week. FanDuel opened Alabama (5-0) as a 1.5-point favorite with an over/under of 55.5. Georgia was a 2.5-point favorite in the preseason. Both offenses are scoring at an elite pace: Georgia ranks No. 1 in FBS at 51.4 points per game, and Alabama ranks No. 3 at 49.6. Alabama has scored at least 45 in every game, and Keelon Russell keeps improving at quarterback. Georgia failed to cover for the first time this season in its 38-14 win over Vanderbilt. Early forecasts call for rain in Tuscaloosa.
Texas vs. Oklahoma (Dallas): The top-ranked Longhorns return from their bye looking to get their third-down offense back on track.
No. 10 LSU at Kentucky: After the poll snub, the Wildcats host the Tigers in Lexington with a chance to prove they belong.
Texas A&M at No. 14 Missouri: The Tigers try to back up their record-setting win over Florida.
