No. 14 Tennessee heads to No. 16 Missouri for first meeting with both teams ranked

By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — No. 14 Tennessee visits No. 16 Missouri on Saturday for the first meeting between the SEC schools when both were ranked in the Top 25. The series has been nearly even historically, but the past few years have belonged to the Volunteers. They have beaten Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz in each of the last four meetings, and the last three by an average score of 53-20. They will try to do it again behind one of the nation’s best running attacks. Missouri’s highly ranked run defense will be tasked with trying to slow them down.