SEC power rankings after week 1 - 11: Missouri
For all the talk that Eli Drinkwitz had about this being a two-quarterback game that the Tigers will use to suss out their starter, it sure seemed like Beau Pribula was the guy the entire way. The Penn State transfer tore things up both through the air and on the ground for the Tigers, though Matt Zollers finished with a perfect QBR on three attempts.
Perfect QBR or not, though, I think it's pretty clear that Pribula is the guy going forward. Marquis Johnson and Kevin Coleman looked great as pass-catchers for the Tigers, and Ahmad Hardy had quite a day on the ground as well.
As has been a bit of a theme here, though, this was just Central Arkansas. They're a better team than Charleston Southern or Alabama A&M, but at some point, the gap between the top end of FBS and the minute differences of lower-level FCS teams means those kinds of distinctions stop mattering.
I'm a little more optimistic on Missouri than I was before— at least they didn't look the way that Kentucky did!— but I'm still not going to move them up until they prove it against a higher-caliber opponent. They'll face off against Kansas next week, but it's the week four matchup against South Carolina that will be most telling in the early going.