Missouri Tigers

Missouri won six of its 13 games as an underdog in 2025-26, including 73-68 at Kentucky at +600, and those moneylines made 7.99 units. Laying points, the Tigers covered 7 of 19, which is the other half of every Missouri prediction above.

Six underdog wins

The Tigers were underdogs 13 times and won six: Florida 76-74 at +260, at Kentucky 73-68 at +600, Auburn 84-74 getting 1.5, at Texas A&M 86-85 at +245, Vanderbilt 81-80 at +136 and Tennessee 73-69 at +160. One unit on each underdog moneyline made 7.99; only 22 teams did better.

Across 29 priced games the Missouri moneyline made 5.59, a total 39 teams beat. Fifteen home games made 4.74, and only 18 teams made more at home.

Seven covers in 19 as favorite

As favorites the Tigers went 14-5 and covered seven. November brought eight wins in eight games, every one as a favorite of 7.5 points or more, and four covers; three home wins laying more than 30, among them 98-66 over South Carolina State at -34.5, all missed.

The season’s shape

Missouri finished 20-12 and covered 14 of 32. February was the best month, 5-2 with six covers and 4.8 units. March went 0-3, ending with 72-78 to Kentucky in the SEC tournament second round; Miami then ended Missouri’s season in its NCAA tournament opener.

December brought two heavy neutral-site defeats as an underdog, 60-80 to Kansas and 48-91 to Illinois. Arkansas won both meetings. Seventeen of 32 priced totals went under.

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