Drinks actual record against ranked teams

[rezero]

People keep reeling off stats that don’t seem to match other people numbers so I thought I would share what I think are the numbers from sports reference. Here are Mizzou’s regular season record against ranked teams (as the teams were ranked at end of season, not when the game was played).

2021 -> 0-4
2022 -> 1-3 (win vs 23rd ranked SC)
2023 -> 2-2 (wins vs 17th TEN and 18th KState)
2024 -> 0-3
2025 -> 0-3

So it appears he is 3-15 against ranked teams and 0-12 against the top 15. Open to other interpretations.

[ex-submariner]

Interesting, I got my 2023 stats here https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/sc ... edule.html

Shows Mizzou beating 3 teams in the top 25 including the Cotton Bowl. Says TEN ranked 14th and KState 15th. On game day, not final.

That's probably why our numbers differ. Either way....

[Cardinals4Life]

People keep reeling off stats that don’t seem to match other people numbers so I thought I would share what I think are the numbers from sports reference. Here are Mizzou’s regular season record against ranked teams (as the teams were ranked at end of season, not when the game was played).

2021 -> 0-4
2022 -> 1-3 (win vs 23rd ranked SC)
2023 -> 2-2 (wins vs 17th TEN and 18th KState)
2024 -> 0-3
2025 -> 0-3

So it appears he is 3-15 against ranked teams and 0-12 against the top 15. Open to other interpretations.

You have to count if they were ranked at the time the gane was played.

[Armchair QB]

It’s really 2 different ways to look at it. Were they ranked when we played them, or were they ranked at the end of the season (or both)?

BC was ranked when we beat them last year.

For me I don’t like losing, but when we get embarrassed on national tv that is really frustrating.

[TheSolution]

The reality most Mizzou fans won’t accept is Drink had A LOT more here when he took over than people realize.

He had a very strong roster foundation, a QB, so many gems on defense.

He then benefited from Missouri NIL laws that we not found around the country.

He benefited hugely from scheduling and managing the narrative.

He is now facing adversity and it will go sour.

He’ll have the built in excuse and see’s the writing on the wall with the schedules getting harder and will likley bolt for an opportune payday that will secure him regardless of future success in coaching.

He is a totally failed OC who micro manages the offense to this day.

He is not the recruiter people have lauded him as.

He is a gym teacher, not a former lawyer. He is not a smart guy but rather smart about being a troll.

[winonsports]

Interesting, I got my 2023 stats here https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/sc ... edule.html

Shows Mizzou beating 3 teams in the top 25 including the Cotton Bowl. Says TEN ranked 14th and KState 15th. On game day, not final.

That's probably why our numbers differ. Either way....

Mizzou beat a ranked Boston College last season, and So Carolina was ranked in the coach's poll before losing to Mizzou this year

Vandy also became ranked after beating Alabama the week after losing to Mizzou last year.

But that's what makes rezero a better fan than you and I. He has higher expectations and will manipulate the numbers, so he can continue to gloat about unachieved expectations.

[LGB73]

The only rankings that really matter is where a team is at the end of the season. That defines how good a team was that year not what they were ranked in week 1, 4 or 7. If we beat an unranked team in week 1 and they went undefeated to win the the national championship, I would say that was one hell of a win. The inverse is true as well. If you beat a ranked team, that turned out to be a fraud and finished unranked it's not much of an accomplishment to win that game.

[Bob39]

The only rankings that really matter is where a team is at the end of the season. That defines how good a team was that year not what they were ranked in week 1, 4 or 7. If we beat an unranked team in week 1 and they went undefeated to win the the national championship, I would say that was one hell of a win. The inverse is true as well. If you beat a ranked team, that turned out to be a fraud and finished unranked it's not much of an accomplishment to win that game.

I will respectfully disagree with you on this one. Sometimes a team could be pretty good when you play them but might not be ranked by the end of the year for a myriad of reasons. They may get a lot of guys hurt, they may hit a losing streak and lose momentum, they may have any number of things happen in the locker room that might ruin team moral and affect the performance on the field. Sometimes a team's record gets worse because they are exposed as being not as good as people thought. Sometimes teams just play at a lower level as the season goes on. They may have been playing at a higher level when you played them.

[rezero]

The only rankings that really matter is where a team is at the end of the season. That defines how good a team was that year not what they were ranked in week 1, 4 or 7. If we beat an unranked team in week 1 and they went undefeated to win the the national championship, I would say that was one hell of a win. The inverse is true as well. If you beat a ranked team, that turned out to be a fraud and finished unranked it's not much of an accomplishment to win that game.

I will respectfully disagree with you on this one. Sometimes a team could be pretty good when you play them but might not be ranked by the end of the year for a myriad of reasons. They may get a lot of guys hurt, they may hit a losing streak and lose momentum, they may have any number of things happen in the locker room that might ruin team moral and affect the performance on the field. Sometimes a team's record gets worse because they are exposed as being not as good as people thought. Sometimes teams just play at a lower level as the season goes on. They may have been playing at a higher level when you played them.

Some teams are ranked because they play nobody and ranking are a guess until teams get into conference play. Clemson started this season ranked 4th. Teams that beat them did not beat the 4th best team in the country. They beat a team was was overhyped and over ranked. The only ranking matter are the end of the year.

[Armchair QB]

Just saw something that was alarming if it’s accurate. Drinkwitz has the worst record of any SEC coach in his time at Mizzou vs conference opponents with winning records. It said he’s 0-15.

What’s amazing is he’s avoided bad losses though. He rarely if ever loses against teams with a losing record.

We all knew (or should have known) this was a rebuilding year coming in. It’ll be a grind for this team to finish 7-5. That would be disappointing given the 5-0 start, but it’s possible.

If Drink wants to change the narrative coming into next season, he needs to go 3-0 the rest of the season and win the bowl game. I don’t think many will think about his record against SEC teams with a winning record if he wins at OU and finishes 10-3. That’ll take a serious turnaround for the coaching staff in the passing game.

[ex-submariner]

Just saw something that was alarming if it’s accurate. Drinkwitz has the worst record of any SEC coach in his time at Mizzou vs conference opponents with winning records. It said he’s 0-15.

Not true unless maybe they are just counting a team's SEC record? For example, we beat TEN in 2023 who was 7-2 at the time and finished at 9-4 and ranked 17th. BUT were only 4-4 in the SEC that year.

Not sure if I want to do all of that math over 6 seasons.

[dugoutrex]

Just saw something that was alarming if it’s accurate. Drinkwitz has the worst record of any SEC coach in his time at Mizzou vs conference opponents with winning records. It said he’s 0-15.

What’s amazing is he’s avoided bad losses though. He rarely if ever loses against teams with a losing record.

We all knew (or should have known) this was a rebuilding year coming in. It’ll be a grind for this team to finish 7-5. That would be disappointing given the 5-0 start, but it’s possible.

If Drink wants to change the narrative coming into next season, he needs to go 3-0 the rest of the season and win the bowl game. I don’t think many will think about his record against SEC teams with a winning record if he wins at OU and finishes 10-3. That’ll take a serious turnaround for the coaching staff in the passing game.

we ain't beating OU

[dugoutrex]

People keep reeling off stats that don’t seem to match other people numbers so I thought I would share what I think are the numbers from sports reference. Here are Mizzou’s regular season record against ranked teams (as the teams were ranked at end of season, not when the game was played).

2021 -> 0-4
2022 -> 1-3 (win vs 23rd ranked SC)
2023 -> 2-2 (wins vs 17th TEN and 18th KState)
2024 -> 0-3
2025 -> 0-3

So it appears he is 3-15 against ranked teams and 0-12 against the top 15. Open to other interpretations.

that seems way too high - I've got us at 3-50 in big games (maybe some ranked wins weren't really big) over the last 5 decades

[ex-submariner]

And here are our conference records, and teams played with winning SEC records that year during Eli's tenure.

We lost to all of those teams in the given year.

2020 5-5 AL, FL, GA
2021 3-5 KY, GA
2022 3-5 GA, TN
2023 6-2 LSU, GA
2024 5-3 AtM, AL, SC
2025 2-3 AL, VAND, ATM

This agrees with the earlier post of 0-15.

[Armchair QB]

Just saw something that was alarming if it’s accurate. Drinkwitz has the worst record of any SEC coach in his time at Mizzou vs conference opponents with winning records. It said he’s 0-15.

What’s amazing is he’s avoided bad losses though. He rarely if ever loses against teams with a losing record.

We all knew (or should have known) this was a rebuilding year coming in. It’ll be a grind for this team to finish 7-5. That would be disappointing given the 5-0 start, but it’s possible.

If Drink wants to change the narrative coming into next season, he needs to go 3-0 the rest of the season and win the bowl game. I don’t think many will think about his record against SEC teams with a winning record if he wins at OU and finishes 10-3. That’ll take a serious turnaround for the coaching staff in the passing game.

we ain't beating OU

You’re probably right. Numbers don’t lie.

But as they say, we’re due. And if we do OU won’t have a winning conference record assuming they lose to Bama Saturday.

[woofy25]

Just saw something that was alarming if it’s accurate. Drinkwitz has the worst record of any SEC coach in his time at Mizzou vs conference opponents with winning records. It said he’s 0-15.

What’s amazing is he’s avoided bad losses though. He rarely if ever loses against teams with a losing record.

We all knew (or should have known) this was a rebuilding year coming in. It’ll be a grind for this team to finish 7-5. That would be disappointing given the 5-0 start, but it’s possible.

If Drink wants to change the narrative coming into next season, he needs to go 3-0 the rest of the season and win the bowl game. I don’t think many will think about his record against SEC teams with a winning record if he wins at OU and finishes 10-3. That’ll take a serious turnaround for the coaching staff in the passing game.

Rebuilding year? They have an elite defense. This was no rebuilding year. People don’t want to hear but next year is the rebuilding year if anything. The defense is losing a ton. However, there is a strong case to be made that the transfer portal should not allow for rebuilds.